DEFENCE
799
The tables which follow of the French armour-clad fleet and first-class cruisers are arranged chronologically, like the similar tables for the British navy. The ships named in italics will not be ready for sea by end of the present year.
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1911
1890
to
1902
1893
1898 1901- 1905 1901 to 1905
1906
1890 Jaureguiberry
/Charles Martel
(Carnot
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\ Saint Louis
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Suffren /Republique \Patrie / Democratie JVerite ^Justice
/Diderot .
Danton
Condorcet . \Vergniaud .
Voltaire \Mirabeau .
1SS9 1897
/Bouvines (Trehouart
Henri IV.
Super- Dreadnoughts.
[23,550
10§
17
10 13-4in., 22 5.5in. 4
Dreadnowjlits.
^23,400
10^
12
12 12iii. ; 22 S'Sin.
Pre- Dreadnoughts.
. 11,324
IS
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. ( about . jj" 12,000
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15
- I J 11,260
.' ! 12,728
14
16
12
12
• !} 14,865
11
11
'. ![ 14,865
11
11
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• Jl8,000
11
1
12
/2 12in. ; 2 lO'Sin.;"! \ 8 5-5in. . ./
i-2 12in. ; 2 10 -Sin. ;\ \ 8 5-5in. . ./
4 12in. ; 10 5-5in. .
4 12in, ; 10 6-4in. . 4 12in,; 18 6-4in. .
4 12iu. ; 10 7-6in. . 4 12in. ; 12 9-4in. ,
Coast Dejence Shij)s.
I 6,500 , IS 8,950 I 11
1^^ 10
2 r2in.; 8 4in. 2 10-8iu. ; 7 5'5in.
29,000
Knots 21
4 j 36,000
14,000 ! 16
i 18
15,000
14,500
16,000 18,000
18,000
22,500
18
18
18
18
19
2 I 8,500 "6
I 2 11,500 I 7