This book is the first comprehensive listing in English of the over 1400 warships that were added to the official French navy fleet list between 1 January 1859
In 1859 the French navy was at a high point, having fought alongside the British in the Crimean War and developed a formidable fleet of fast wooden-hulled steam
At the end of the 1870-1 Franco-Prussian war, the French Navy began to reconstruct its fleet, replacing old generation warships with steam-powered and iron-hull
When war broke out in August 1914 France had only two dreadnoughts in service, with a second pair running trials. The main body of the elite Arm e Navale was ma
The 2024 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships. For
