The Vauban class, sometimes referred to as the Duguesclin class, was a pair of two ironclad barbette ships built for the French Navy in the late 1870s...
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Vauban was the lead ship of the Vauban class of ironclad barbette ships built for the French Navy in the late 1870s and 1880s. Intended for service in...
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Vauban: French ironclad Vauban, lead ship of the Vauban-class ironclad launched in 1882 and stricken in 1905 French destroyer Vauban, a Guépard-class...
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France built a series of ironclad warships between the 1850s and 1890s; these began with the Dévastation-class ironclad floating batteries built during...
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was an ironclad barbette ship built for the French Navy in the late 1870s and 1880s; she was the second and final member of the Vauban class. Intended...
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An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result...
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was designed as a "station ironclad", smaller versions of the first-rate vessels built for the main fleet. The Vauban class was a scaled down variant of...
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The Bayard class was a pair of two ironclad warships built for the French Navy in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The class comprised two ships: Bayard...
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The Terrible class was a group of four ironclad barbette ships built for the French Navy in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The class consisted of Terrible...
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Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line Duguesclin (1848), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line Duguesclin (1883), a Vauban-class station ironclad (cuirassé...
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designs to be produced well into the 20th century. With the introduction of ironclad warships, the definition was widened to include a protected space for guns...
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called the Darse Vauban or the Darse Neuve, and shipyard, designed by his commissioner of fortifications, Vauban. In 1697, Vauban built the impressive...
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design; most of the French ironclads built in the 1880s were developed from these two designs. The Bayard and Vauban classes, intended for overseas deployments...
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French cruiser Rigault de Genouilly (category Rigault de Genouilly-class cruisers)
of the 2nd Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet, along with the ironclads Bayard, Vauban, and Duguesclin. The ships concentrated off Oran, French Algeria...
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purpose-built steam-powered battleship. Gloire became the first seagoing ironclad when she was launched in 1853. In 1863, the French Navy launched Plongeur...
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Japanese battleship Hiei (redirect from Hiei Class)
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Japanese battleship Kirishima (category Kongō-class battlecruisers)
Ironclads, Battleships and Battle Cruisers: An Outline History of Their Design, Construction and Operations. Vol. I: Armourclad Fusō to Kongō Class Battle...
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guesswork. In the latter half of the 17th century, the French engineer Vauban introduced a more systematic and scientific approach to attacking gunpowder...
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latter half of the 17th century, the French engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban introduced a more systematic and scientific approach to attacking gunpowder...
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concept, with many guns concentrated in tall, thick masonry walls, and the Vauban concept, with layers of low, protected-masonry walls. Most Third System...
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the Second Squadron for the maneuvers, along with the ironclads Bayard, Duguesclin, and Vauban, the unprotected cruiser Rigault de Genouilly, the torpedo...
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Western Pacific) and serve as its flagship, where she replaced the old ironclad Vauban. After departing on 6 April, she reached Saigon in French Indochina...
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yet built in Europe. It also cast a cylinder for the 540 hp engine of the Vauban. It was the biggest cylinder yet cast in Europe and required 18,500 kg of...
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