FRANCE.

ARMORED FLEET.

Type and Name.ABCDEF
Ft. in. Ft. in. Ft. in. Tons. In.
Masted Turret Ships.
Amiral Duperré319 566 1126 10,315 Iron23
Duguesclin265 757 3245,78511
Casemate Ships.
Foudroyant371 766 524 89,63016.5
Devastation371 766 59,63016.5
Redoubtable33066 524 118,65815.3
Colbert314 157 327 118,167 Wood  8.7
Trident314 157 327 118,164 8.7
Friedland314 157 327 118,164 9.8
Richelieu31457 327 118,269 8.7
Ocean282 1057 729 27,360 7.8
Marengo282 1057 729 27,360 7.8
Suffren282 1057 729 27,360 7.8
Armored Frigates.
Gloire252 355 927 105,530 4.7
Couronne26054 3255,813Iron 4.7
Flandre258 1055 926 105,725Wood 6 
Provence258 1055 926 105,700 6 
Heroine258 1055 926 105,700Iron 6 
Gauloise258 1055 926 105,610Wood 6 
Guyenne258 1055 926 105,610 6 
Magnanime258 1055 926 105,610 6 
Savoie258 1055 926 105,610 6 
Revanche258 1055 926 105,610 6 
Surveillante258 1055 926 105,610 6 
Valeureuse258 1055 926 105,610 6 
Corvettes.
Bayard23045 9215,785Iron9.85
Turenne23045 9215,7859.85
Vauban23045 9215,7859.85
La Gallissonniere 23045 9214,480Wood 6 
Casemated Corvettes.
Victorieuse23045 9214,147 6 
Triomphante23045 9214,147 6 
Alma23046 323 93,665 6 
Belliqueuese23046 323 93,410 6 
Jeanne d’Arc23046 323 93,371 6 
Thetis23046 323 93,371 6 
Armide23046 323 93,371 6 
Atalante23046 323 93,371 6 
Montcalm23046 323 93,371 6 
Reine Blanche23046 323 93,371 6 

Coast-defence Ships.
1st Class Rams.
Tonnerre241 657 921 45,495Iron14
Fulminant241 657 921 45,49514
Furieux241 657 921 45,49514
Caïman
Indomptable
Terrible
2d Class Rams.
Tempete241 657 916 94,45213.8
Tonnant241 657 916 94,45213.8
Vengeur241 657 916 94,45213.8
1st Class Rams.
Tigre216 653 119 7½3,313Wood 8.6
Belier216 653 119 7½3,313 8.6
Bouledogue216 653 119 7½3,313 8.6
Cerbere216 653 119 7½3,313 8.6
Taureau216 653 119 7½3,313 6

Monitor.
Onondaga228 751 212 7½2,551Iron 6.7
Armored Batteries.
Embuscade129 751 1010 101,422 5.5
Protectrice129 751 1010 101,422 5.5
Imprenable129 751 1010 101,422 5.5
Refuge129 751 1010 101,422 5.5
Implacable144 448 5 8 81,338 4.7
Opiniatre144 448 5 8 81,338 4.7
Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11 88 729 6 5 7  280 3.1
Type and Name.GHIJBattery.
In. In. Knots
Masted Turret Ships.
 Amiral DuperréArmored
only at
water-line
and turrets
14 6,000 IV 13¼-inch,
XIV 5½-inch.
 Duguesclin 144,10014 IV 9¼-inch,
I 7½-inch,
VI 5½-inch.
Casemate Ships.
 Foudroyant13.7 12.6 6,00014 VI 12¼-inch
VIII 5½-inch.
 Devastation13.7 12.66,00014 VI 12¼-inch,
VIII 5½-inch.
 Redoubtable8.7 156,00014.5VIII 10¾-inch,
VIII 5½-inch.
 Colbert6 34.54,80014VIII 10¾-inch,
 I 9¼-inch,
VI 5½-inch.
 Trident6 344,80014VIII 10¾-inch,
 I 9¼-inch,
VI 5½-inch.
 Friedland6 153,80013.3VIII 10¾-inch,
VIII 5½-inch.
 Richelieu6 34.53,80013.8VI 10¾-inch,
V 9¼-inch.
II 5¼-inch,
X 4¾-inch.
Ocean632.33,87813.8IV 10¾-inch,
Marengo632.33,67313.5IV 9¼-inch,
Suffren632.34,18114.1VI 4¾-inch.
Armored Frigates.
 Gloire3 262,53712.8VI 9¼-inch,
IV 7½-inch.
Couronne3152,82012.2 VIII 9¼-inch,
 IV 7½-inch.
Flandre4263,54014.3
Provence4263,50013.9
Heroine4263,14312.1
Gauloise4263,50013.9
Guyenne4263,50013.9
Magnanime4263,50013.9
Savoie4263,50013.9
Revanche4263,50013.9
Surveillante4263,50013.9
Valeureuse4263,50013.9
Corvettes.
Bayard7153,20014VI 9¼-inch,
I 7½-inch,
VI 5½-inch.
Turenne7153,20014
Vauban7153,20014
 La Gallissonniere 4.7262,37613VI 9¼-inch,
I 7¼-inch,
II 4¾-inch.
Casemated Corvettes.
 Victorieuse4.7262,40013.2VI 9¼-inch,
I 7½-inch,
VI 5½-inch.
 Triomphante4.7262,40013.2VI 9¼-inch,
I 7½-inch,
VI 5½-inch.
Alma4.7261,89711.8VI 7½-inch,
IV 4¾-inch.
Belliqueuese4.7261,23311.8
Jeanne d’Arc4.7261,90012.3
Thetis4.7261,90012.3
Armide4.7261,90012 
Atalante4.7261,90012 
Montcalm4.7261,90012 
Reine Blanche4.7261,90012 

Coast-defence Ships.
1st Class Rams.
Tonnerre8.615.73,50013.5 II 12½-inch.
Fulminant8.615.73,50013.5
Furieux8.615.73,50013.5
Caïman 13.5 VI 12½-inch..
Indomptable 13.5
Terrible 13.5
2d Class Rams.
Tempete9.8515.71,50010 II 12½-inch..
Tonnant9.8515.71,50010
Vengeur9.8515.71,50010 II 9¼-inch..
1st Class Rams.
Tigre6.331.51,80012 II 9¼-inch.
Belier6.331.51,80012
Bouledogue6.331.51,80012
Cerbere6.331.51,80012
Taureau4.3261,80511.9I 12½-inch.

Monitor.
Onondaga411.86137II 9¼-inch.
Armored Batteries.
Embuscade4.315.74408.5IV 7½-inch.
Protectrice4.315.74408.5
Imprenable4.315.74408.5
Refuge4.315.74408.5
Implacable4.315.74906.7III 9¼-inch.
Opiniatre4.315.74906.7
Nos. 8, 9, 10, 113.113.81005.3II 5½-inch.

AMIRAL DUPERRÉ. DUGUESCLIN.

Armored belt and four barbette turrets. Ram bow and overhanging dome stern. The armor-belt covers the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, coming below the point of the ram and covering the steering-gear. The barbette turrets are arranged one on each side, abreast the forward smoke-stack, having an overhang of nearly half its diameter, so as to give clear fore-and-aft fire. The other two turrets are amidships, before and abaft the mizzen-mast. There are two armored pilot-houses on the Duperré, one abreast the forward turrets and one between the after ones; the Duguesclin has but one, forward. The gun-deck battery is composed of light rifled guns, unprotected. The deck plating of these ships is three inches in thickness (one inch steel over two inches of iron). A bow-gun works in a single port under the topgallant forecastle.

AMIRAL DUPERRÉ.

DEVASTATION. FOUDROYANT. REDOUBTABLE.

Armored belt and redoubt. Ram bow and dome stern. The belt of the Redoubtable encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, curving down forward over the point of the ram; that of the other two ships stops short of the curve of the counter in an armored bulkhead, the lower edge being carried on by an armored deck to protect the steering-gear. The sides forward and abaft the redoubt are given a rank tumble home, the redoubt rising straight to the spar-deck, thus giving clear fore-and-aft and beam fire from the main-deck battery. A heavy gun is mounted in barbette on top of the redoubt, each side, having a clear firing angle of 180°; the gun-slide alone is protected by armor, while a musket-proof shield is mounted on the forward part of the slide, as protection to the crew. On the spar-deck is carried a battery of light rifles in broadside.

DEVASTATION.

TRIDENT. FRIEDLAND.

TRIDENT.

Armored belt and casemate. Ram bow and dome stern. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. The casemate rises to the height of the spar-deck beams. At the forward end of the casemate, on each side, a barbette unarmored half-turret is built, being simply a projecting shelf for mounting a heavy gun. The sides from the main-deck up forward are given a sharp tumble home to permit clear forward fire; while aft the spar-deck rail is placed inboard about three feet, leaving a clear fire aft, giving the part of the spar-deck outside the rail the appearance of a continuous channel-piece. The turret guns are only protected by a light musket-proof shelter, rising above the slide. There is a light battery of broadside rifles on the spar-deck, a bow-gun working in one port under the forecastle, and a similar stern-gun. There is no forward or after fire from the main-deck battery.

COLBERT.

Of the same type as the Friedland, except that in place of the barbette half-turrets there are armored breastworks for the protection of a heavy bow and a heavy stern-gun on the spar-deck.

COLBERT.

RICHELIEU. MARENGO. OCEAN. SUFFREN.

SUFFREN.

Armored belt and casemate, with four armored barbette turrets. Ram bow, straight stern. The belt encircles the water-line, coming to but not covering the ram, which is a solid bronze casting. The barbette turrets are just over the corners of the casemate, projecting nearly half their diameter clear of the side for fore-and-aft fire. The side is not broken in or given a tumble home, as the muzzles of the turret guns are above the spar-deck rail. The Richelieu has twin screws, the others single ones. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the casemate. Light spar-deck broadside battery. Armored commander’s lookout.

BAYARD. TURENNE. LA GALLISSONNIERE. TRIOMPHANTE. VICTORIEUSE. VAUBAN.

Second-rate sea-going iron-clads. Armored belt and casemate and two barbette turrets. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, the casemate carrying the armor to the spar-deck. The barbette turrets are over the forward corners of the casemate. Ram bow and dome stern. Light spar-deck broadside battery. Bow-gun working in a single port under the forecastle.

VICTORIEUSE.

GLOIRE. COURONNE. FLANDRE. PROVENCE. HEROINE GAULOISE. GUYENNE.  MAGNANIME. SAVOIE. REVANCHE. SURVEILLANTE. VALEUREUSE.

LA GLOIRE.

Broadside iron-clad frigates, completely armored. These vessels belong to the earliest type, and, with the exception of the Couronne and Heroine, they have wooden hulls. The armor extends from about three feet below the water-line to the spar-deck beams. Armored conning towers are placed abaft the main-mast. Originally built for a large battery of light smooth-bores, the height of the main-deck presents the full outfit of a heavy battery.

BELLIQUEUSE. ALMA. JEANNE D’ARC. THETIS.  ARMIDE. ATALANTE. MONTCALM. REINE BLANCHE.

Second-class cruising iron-clads. Armor belt and casemate, and four barbette turrets. The belt comes to the main-deck beams all around, the casemate carrying it up to the spar-deck. The turrets are at the corners of the casemates. In some of these vessels the after turrets were left off, it being found that the hull was overweighted when it was attempted to put heavier guns aboard than the ships were originally intended to carry.

JEANNE D’ARC.

TONNERRE. FULMINANT. FURIEUX. TEMPETE.  TONNANT. VENGEUR.

TONNERRE.

Single-turreted, casemated monitors for coast defence. These vessels are heavily armored at the water-line; the single turret is very large, in order to bring the two guns in it well apart, to gain clear fire aft on each side of the superstructure. This turret is on the forward third of the hull, and it, as well as the superstructure aft, is surrounded by a breastwork that does not come out to the side. On top of the turret is a barbette commander’s lookout. Forward the deck rises into a short forecastle, just abaft of which is an armored casemate giving ingress into the crew’s quarters. The superstructure abaft the turret is musket-proof, of a width just sufficient to permit the guns to get stern-fire. The upper part expands into a flying deck, with a low musket-proof shield, and corner stands for Hotchkiss machine-guns.

TIGRE. BELIER. CERBERE. BOULEDOGUE.

Monitor rams. These vessels have a low freeboard, the single turret being on the forward third of the hull, surrounded by a casemate, which also covers the lower part of the smoke-stack. A superstructure rises forward and aft of the turret and is semi-cylindrical, curving at the ends in such a manner as to give no foothold on any part. The turret is surmounted by a barbette lookout. The hulls are of wood and heavily strengthened at the ram. Double screws.

TAUREAU.

Similar to the above, with the exception that the turret is fixed and has four ports for bow and beam fire.

TAUREAU.

ONONDAGA.

Double-turreted American monitor; laminated plating, low freeboard, no casemate.

ROCHAMBEAU.

Casemated iron-clad (late Dunderberg). Ram bow, low freeboard, and rectangular casemate, with sloping sides giving fore-and-aft and beam fire.

ROCHAMBEAU.

EMBUSCADE. PROTECTRICE. IMPRENABLE. REFUGE.  IMPLACABLE. OPINIATRE.

Armored floating batteries. Low freeboard forward and abaft, with rectangular casemates having perpendicular sides, and giving fore-and-aft and beam fire. Light draft.

EMBUSCADE.

CAIMAN. INDOMPTABLE. TERRIBLE.

Coast-defence vessels; type not known, but presumably citadel ships of a displacement not less than 12,000 tons. The battery of this type is six 13¼-inch guns. They are evidently intended as more powerful vessels than either the Inflexible or Duilio.

FRENCH UNARMORED FLEET.
(Rapid Cruisers.)

Type and Name.ABCDE
Ft. in. Ft. in. Ft. in. Tons.
1st Class Cruisers.
 Duquesne 326 650 22 75,345Iron
sheathed
Tourville 326 650 22 75,345
2d Class Cruisers.
Duguay Trouin289 842 916 13,070
Villars249 337 1115 12,231Wood
Forfait249 337 1115 12,231
Magon249 337 1115 12,231
Roland249 337 1115 12,231
La Perouse262 537 5172,200
D’Estaing262 537 5172,200
Monge262 537 5172,200
Nielly262 537 5172,200
* * * *262 537 5172,200
* * * *262 537 5172,200
Infernet245 835 912 51,865
Champlain245 835 912 51,865
Laclocheterie245 835 912 51,865
Du Petit Thouars245 835 912 51,865
Sané 1,900
Seignelay 1,900
Fabert 1,900
3d Class Cruisers.
Eclaireur236 235 514 81,610 Composite
Rigaut de Genouilly 236 235 514 81,610
3d Class Dispatch Vessels.
Bisson20028 511 833
Labourdonnais20028 511 833
Hussard20028 511 833
Lancier20028 511 833
Chasseur20028 511 833
Voltigeur20028 511 833
Bouvet
Parseval  850
Type and Name.FGHBattery.
Knots Year.
1st Class Cruisers.
 Duquesne 6,589 171876VII 7½-inch,
XIV 5½-inch.
 Tourville6,589171877VII 7½-inch,
XIV 5½-inch.
2d Class Cruisers.
 Duguay Trouin3,740161877V 7½-inch,
V 5½-inch.
Villars2,79015 Building VI 6½-inch,
X 5½-inch.
Forfait2,79015
Magon2,79015
Roland2,79015
La Perouse2,79015
D’Estaing2,79015
Monge2,79015
Nielly2,79015
* * * *2,79015
* * * *2,79015
Infernet1,78414.41869 I 6½-inch,
VIII 5½-inch.
Champlain1,78414.41872
Laclocheterie1,78414.41872
Du Petit Thouars1,78414.41875
Sané1,967151867
Seignelay1,90014.71875
Fabert1,90014.71875
3d Class Cruisers.
Eclaireur1,900151876VIII 5½-inch.
Rigaut de Genouilly 1,900151877
3d Class Dispatch Vessels.
Bisson 85012.21877IV 5½-inch.
Labourdonnais 85012.21876
Hussard 85012.21876
Lancier 85012.21877
Chasseur 85012.2Building
Voltigeur 85012.2
Bouvet 850121876I 6½-inch,
II 5½-inch,
I 4¾-inch.
Parseval 850121877

FRENCH UNARMORED FLEET—(CONTINUED.)

Type and Name. Displacement. Date
of
Launch.
Battery.
Tons. Year.
1st Class Gun-boats.
Crocodile 452   I 7½-inch,
II 4-inch.
Lionne
Lutin
Lynx
Milan
Vautour
Diligente393 II 5½-inch.
2d Class Gun-boats.
Chacal295   II 5½-inch.
Etendard
Fanfare
Gladiateur
Hyene
Jaguar
Leopard
Oriflamme
Couleuvre295   II 5½-inch.
Décidée
Frelon
Pique
Surprise
Tactique
Epée177   I 9¼-inch,
28 Gun-boats177   I 4¾-inch.
Transports.
Bievre1,475   II 5½-inch.
Oise1,770
Caravans2,8681875
Ampère Building
Annamite5,8401876
Mytho5,840Building
Shamrock5,840
Tonquin5,840
Allier1,655  IV 5½-inch.
Nievre1,655
Drac1,655
Saone1,655

DUQUESNE. TOURVILLE.

Iron frigates, sheathed with wood and coppered. Strengthened bows for ramming, with heavy bronze rams. Three half-turrets or platforms on each side of the spar-deck, projecting clear of the side to give clear fore-and-aft fire. Bow-gun working in a single port under the forecastle. Pilot-house and chart-room on a bridge forward of the smoke-stacks. Boats carried on a gallows-frame between the smoke-stacks. Fine lines, heavy shoulder; the bow-frames are given a flare out from the main-deck up, to give a full forecastle for working the bow-gun. Single screw, full sail-power. Gun-deck, broadside battery, fourteen 5½-inch rifles. Spar-deck battery, seven 7½-inch rifles. Bow-fire, three 7½-inch; beam-fire, nine 5½-inch (two guns can be shifted on the gun-deck, so as to give nine for a broadside), three 7½-inch; stern-fire, two 7½-inch. Two sets of engines and boilers, placed one abaft the other for protection. Between the forward turrets on the spar-deck are the wash-rooms and water-closets, giving the appearance of a fourth half-turret. Maximum speed at sea for 24 hours, 16½ knots.

TOURVILLE.

DUGUAY TROUIN.

Iron corvette, sheathed with wood and coppered. Strengthened bow for ramming, with heavy bronze ram. Four half-turrets, similar to those of the Tourville. Bow-gun working under the forecastle in a single port. Single screw, full sail-power. All the battery carried on the spar-deck, leaving a clear, roomy main-deck. Stern-gun mounted in barbette on a centre-pivot carriage. Bow-fire, two 7¼-inch, one 5½-inch; beam-fire, two 7¼-inch, three 5½-inch; stern fire, two 7¼-inch, one 5½-inch.

DUGUAY TROUIN.

VILLARS CLASS (seventeen in number).

Second-class wooden corvettes, with strengthened ram bow. Two light bow-guns firing through recessed ports, giving bow and beam fire. (In some cases the guns are on the forecastle, in others underneath.) Stern-gun mounted on a centre-pivot carriage in barbette. Midship guns of heavy calibre, the deck being carried out slightly, to give them an extreme firing angle.

VILLARS.

ECLAIREUR CLASS (two in number).

Third-class composite corvettes, with strengthened ram bow. Bow pivot-gun mounted on the forecastle: stern-pivot in barbette; six guns in broadside.

ECLAIREUR.

LANCIER CLASS (eight in number).

Avisos, or fourth-class corvettes, composite, with strengthened ram bows. Four rifled-guns mounted on centre-pivot carriages in the midship line of the vessel. Drop-rail abreast the main-deck guns.

LANCIER.

LYNX CLASS (seven in number).

First-class composite gun-boats, with strengthened ram bows. Light, centre-pivoting rifled bow and stern-guns, and one heavy rifled, centre-pivot gun amidships firing in barbette.

LYNX.

FARCY CLASS (twenty-seven in number).

Second-class iron gun-boats. These vessels are more nearly large launches, built with ram bows to give them good displacement. One heavy gun is mounted in the bow, the slope of the bow from the ram up being carried up to form a musket-proof shield, permitting the gun to fire through an embrasure.[2]

TROMBLON.

MYTHO CLASS (four in number).

First-class iron troop-ships, similar in general to the English troopers of the Serapis class. Capacity for berthing 1700 men with all the camp equipage.

MYTHO.

DRAC CLASS (four in number).

Light cavalry transports. These vessels are composite built and may serve either as transports or gun-boats, as they carry a battery of two light and two heavy centre-pivoting rifles. They are used for the transportation of cavalry horses, artillery, and stores.

DRAC.

BIEVRE CLASS (four in number).

Light, fast iron transports, similar in general to the Drac class.

FRENCH GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
(Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)

Type and Name.ABCDE
Tons. Year.
Ships of the Line.
Souverain5,115 25 Wood 1856
Louis XIV4,820 121854
Ville de Bourdeaux5,210 121860
Ville de Lyon5,210 121861
Castiglione5,500 121857
Masséna5,015 121860
Fontenoy3,934 121858
Jean Bart3,934 22
Saint Louis3,934 121854
Frigates.
Pallas3,560 1,330 341860
Magicienne3,3751,310321861
Themis3,3751,310181862
Victoire3,3251,310161861
Flore3,1001,520181867
Clorinde1,7401,430121865
Corvettes.
Amorique2,8001,040221862
Minerve2,7001,530221865
Venus2,7001,530221864
Chateau Renaud1,8301,700 51866
Dupleix1,7801,050101861
Decrès1,7701,480 61866
Desaix1,6401,780 61866
Laplace1,590 700101852
Cosmos1,8401,100131861
D’Assas1,920 740161864
Sloops. (Avisos, 1st Class.)
Beautemps1,2701,050 61872
Beaupré1,2701,050 61872
Duchaffaut1,2891,050 81872
Hugon1,2901,050 61872
Kerguelen1,2801,050 61872
Bourayne1,260 960 61869
Dayot1,260 960 61869
Ducouëdic1,260 960 61869
Sloops. (Avisos, 2d Class.)
Kersaint1,270 960 61869
Segond1,260 960 61869
Vaudreuil1,2801,050 61870
D’Estrées1,2801,000 61867
Volta1,3001,000 61867
Hamelin1,2201,000 61866
Limier1,2201,000 61866
Talisman1,310 800 61863
Kleber1,260 740 21856
Forbin1,250 870 41859
Linois 830 720 61867
Cassard 850 660 31859
Hirondelle1,0801,780 21870
Despatch Vessels (Avisos, 2d Class).
Renaud 840 490 41866
Lamotte Piquet 720 420 41859
Latouche Treville 720 390 41860
Curieux 760 560 41859
Surcouff 700 430 41858
Bougainville 740 310 61859
Bruat 700 490 41866
Adonis 730 490 41868
Guichen 700 460 21863
Boursaint 750 610 31872
Corse 510 220 1842
Transports.
Algesiras5,6002,100 41842
Charlemagne5,6001,150121851
Intrépide5,6002,960 41864
Ville de Paris5,6001,350121850
Guerrière3,2001,350 41860
Entreprenante3,200 780 41858
Dryade3,200 540 41856
Ceres3,200 410 41857
Danaë3,250 540 41888
Renommée3,200 540 41847
Européen2,3501,200 2Iron
Japon2,300 960 2Wood
Aveyron3,5001,520 41864
Correze3,5001,520 41868
Creuze3,5001,520 21863
Sarthe3,5001,520 21862
Tarne3,5001,520 21863
Orme3,000 750 41862
Var3,000 750 41863
Calvados3,000 540 41856
Finisterre3,000 650 41859
Garonne3,000 650 41859
Jura3,000 650 41855
Dordogne2,400 370 41855
Maine2,400 370 41855
Meuse2,400 370 41855
Rhin2,400 560 41855
Yonne2,400 370 41856
Seine2,400 370 4Iron
Charente2,000 280 41856
Adour1,800 250 21856
Ariege1,800 450 21865
Isère1,800 450 21865
Moselle1,970 390 2
Vienne1,800 370 2Wood1858
Cher1,400 610 61868
Indre1,400 610 61864
Dives1,682 670 21870
Rance1,682 670 61870
Sendre1,682 670 61872
Vire1,682 670 61868
Loiret1,200 210 31856

Paddle-wheel frigates Albatros, Magellan.

”corvettes Catinat, Coligny, Eumenide.

Four paddle-wheel gun-boats, 1st class, 700 to 800 tons, two to four guns.

Four”” 2d ”  700 tons, four guns.

Thirty screw tenders.