Squadron Battleships: Photo Gallery (1a)

Gloire (Ironclad frigate, wood hull). Note the conning tower forward of the mizzen mast, the two-decker behind her to the left and the paddle steamer to the right. (Photo: Facebook, by G. A. van der Horst on 23.5.2022)

Magenta (Ironclad frigate, wood hull). Sister Solferino is behind her. (Photo by Rideau, Cherbourg)

Provence (Ironclad frigate) at Toulon with a later model ironclad astern. (Photo: NH 74882)

Provence (Ironclad frigate) at Brest. (Photo: NH 74806)

Surveillante (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 75901)

Surveillante (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 75900)

Héroine (Ironclad frigate), under sail in 1894 enroute Dakar to serve as a station ship there. (Photo: Facebook, by Vladimir Yakubov on 27.2.2024)

Océan (Ironclad frigate) at Toulon. (Photo: NH 74922)

Océan (Ironclad frigate). View of the after deck with the ship's wheel and a small compass platform behind it with the traditional inscription "Honneur et Patrie." The "M" above it raises the possibility that the ship is Marengo. (Photo: NH 74923)

Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74929)

Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74812)

Marengo (Ironclad frigate). View of the after deck showing the mizzen mast with the ship's wheel barely visible behind it and one of the ship's four bronze 12-pounder (121mm) deck guns. (Photo: NH 74925)

Suffren (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74914)

Suffren (Ironclad frigate) at Havre in 1895 for review of Escadre du Nord by Faure. (Photo: Facebook, by Andrey Myatishkin on 20.5.2025)

Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 64448)

Friedland (1st rank ironclad frigate, iron hull). (Photo: NH 74919)

Richelieu (Ironclad frigate) at Algiers, with a single top on each mast and a long bowsprit. (Photo: NH 74903)

Richelieu (Ironclad frigate), probably at Toulon, with double tops on each mast and a shortened bowsprit. (Photo: NH 64441)

Richelieu (Ironclad frigate) with double tops on each mast and a shortened bowsprit. (Photo by G.J.)

Colbert (Ironclad frigate), at Brest with Redoutable ahead of her. Mark Saibène's book says this is Trident circa 1880. (Photo: NH 74956)

Colbert (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74918)

Trident (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74920)

Colbert (Ironclad frigate) with reduced rig. (Photo by G.J.)

Trident (Ironclad frigate) with reduced rig. (Photo: NH 74941)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74912)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad) at Lorient on 14 December 1878. (Photo: Facebook, by A. Myatishkin on 26.5.25)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74942)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 66089)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad) at Saigon in her final configuration. (Photo: Postcard by G.B.)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74911)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74939)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: Facebook, by V. Yakubov on 17.5.2023)

Courbet (1st rank ironclad) with bowsprit. (Photo: NH 74926)

Courbet (1st rank ironclad) circa 1898 with a new conning tower forward of the bridge and without the funnel for the auxiliary boilers forward of the bridge. The rebuilt Amiral Baudin is on the right. (Photo: Postcard, ND Phot)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad) on 30 July 1903 in her final configuration. (Photo: Feuille, Shipscribe)

Courbet (1st rank ironclad) in her final configuration. (Photo: Feuille, Shipscribe)