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Broadside Ironclads
Class: Gloire (on list 1859)
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)
Class: Magenta (1859)
Magenta (Ironclad frigate, wood hull). Sister Solferino is behind her. (Photo by Rideau, Cherbourg)
Class: Provence (1862)
Provence (Ironclad frigate) at Toulon with a later model ironclad astern. (Photo: NH 74882)
Class: Provence (1862)
Provence (Ironclad frigate) at Brest. (Photo: NH 74806)
Class: Provence (1862)
Surveillante (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 75901)
Class: Provence (1862)
Surveillante (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 75900)
Class: Héroine (1862)
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)
Central Battery Ironclads with Upper Deck Barbettes
Class: Océan (1866)
Océan (Ironclad frigate) at Toulon. (Photo: NH 74922)
Class: Océan (1866)
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)
Class: Océan (1866)
Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74929)
Class: Océan (1866)
Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74812)
Class: Océan (1866)
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)
Class: Océan (1866)
Suffren (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74914)
Class: Océan (1866)
Suffren (Ironclad frigate) at Havre in 1895 for review of Escadre du Nord by Faure. (Photo: Facebook, by Andrey Myatishkin on 20.5.2025)
Class: Océan (1866)
Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 64448)
Class: Friedland (1866)
Friedland (1st rank ironclad frigate, iron hull). (Photo: NH 74919)
Class: Richelieu (1869)
Richelieu (Ironclad frigate) at Algiers, with a single top on each mast and a long bowsprit. (Photo: NH 74903)
Class: Richelieu (1869)
Richelieu (Ironclad frigate), probably at Toulon, with double tops on each mast and a shortened bowsprit. (Photo: NH 64441)
Class: Richelieu (1869)
Richelieu (Ironclad frigate) with double tops on each mast and a shortened bowsprit. (Photo by G.J.)
Class: Colbert (1870)
Colbert (Ironclad frigate), at Brest with Redoutable ahead of her. Mark Saibène's book says this is Trident circa 1880. (Photo: NH 74956)
Class: Colbert (1870)
Colbert (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74918)
Class: Colbert (1870)
Trident (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74920)
Class: Colbert (1870)
Colbert (Ironclad frigate) with reduced rig. (Photo by G.J.)
Class: Colbert (1870)
Trident (Ironclad frigate) with reduced rig. (Photo: NH 74941)
Class: Redoutable (1873)
Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74912)
Class: Redoutable (1873)
Redoutable (1st rank ironclad) at Lorient on 14 December 1878. (Photo: Facebook, by A. Myatishkin on 26.5.25)
Class: Redoutable (1873)
Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74942)
Class: Redoutable (1873)
Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 66089)
Class: Redoutable (1873)
Redoutable (1st rank ironclad) at Saigon in her final configuration. (Photo: Postcard by G.B.)
Class: Courbet (1874)
Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74911)
Class: Courbet (1874)
Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74939)
Class: Courbet (1874)
Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: Facebook, by V. Yakubov on 17.5.2023)
Class: Courbet (1874)
Courbet (1st rank ironclad) with bowsprit. (Photo: NH 74926)
Class: Courbet (1874)
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)
Class: Courbet (1874)
Dévastation (1st rank ironclad) on 30 July 1903 in her final configuration. (Photo: Feuille, Shipscribe)
Class: Courbet (1874)
Courbet (1st rank ironclad) in her final configuration. (Photo: Feuille, Shipscribe)