Station/Cruising Battleships: Photo Gallery
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Broadside Ironclad Corvette
Class: Belliqueuse (on list 1864)
Caption: Belliqueuse
Belliqueuse (Ironclad corvette, wood hull) during a visit to Hobson's Bay, Melbourne, Australia, between 25 November and 3 December 1870. Her main battery consisted of four 194mm and four 164.7mm guns in an armored broadside battery and one 164.7mm gun on deck at each end of the ship. (Photo: State Library Victoria from The Illustrated Australian News, 2 January 1871, page 13)
Central Battery Ironclad Corvettes with Upper Deck Barbettes
Class: Alma (1866)
Armide (Ironclad corvette). (Photo: NH 74811 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Alma (1866)
Atalante (Ironclad corvette) in Fitzroy Dock on Cockatoo Island near Sydney, Australia, in August 1873. (Photo from a glass plate negative by landscape photographer Beaufoy Merlin in the State Library of New South Wales, SLNSW_FL1233688)
Class: Alma (1866)
Atalante (Ironclad corvette) in Fitzroy Dock in August 1873. She was then flagship of the Pacific Squadron. (Photo from a glass plate negative by Beaufoy Merlin in the State Library of New South Wales, SLNSW_FL1247228)
Class: Alma (1866)
Atalante (Ironclad corvette) in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in 1873. (Photo: Holtermann Collection in the State Library of New South Wales, SLNSW_FL1247035)
Class: Alma (1866)
Montcalm (Ironclad corvette) in 1873. (Photo: Shipscribe)
Class: La Galissonnière (1866)
La Galissonnière (Ironclad corvette) at Brest. (Photo: Facebook by Vladimir Yakubov 31.5.2023)
Class: Victorieuse (1870)
Victorieuse (Ironclad corvette). Single screw version of La Galissonnière. (Photo: NH 66029, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Class: Victorieuse (1870)
Triomphante (Ironclad corvette). (Photo: NH 74937 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Victorieuse (1870)
Triomphante (Ironclad corvette). (Photo: NH 74968 from ONI album of French warships)
Barbette 2nd Rank Ironclads (Iron Armor)
Class: Turenne (1875)
Turenne (2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 66099, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Class: Turenne (1875)
Turenne (2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 92043, courtesy Paul Silverstone)
Class: Turenne (1875)
Bayard (2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 00032, from Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt)
Class: Turenne (1875)
Bayard (2nd rank ironclad) "returning to France the mortal remains of Admiral Courbet." (Photo: NH 74931 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Turenne (1875)
Bayard (2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 66059, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Class: Vauban (1878)
Duguesclin (2nd rank ironclad) with original rig. (Photo: NH 74969 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Vauban (1878)
Duguesclin (2nd rank ironclad) after launch. (Photo: Facebook by Andrey Myatishkin on 18.5.2023 from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_167)
Class: Vauban (1878)
Duguesclin (2nd rank ironclad) with original rig. (Photo: Facebook by A. Myatishkin on 31.7.2021 from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_168)
Class: Vauban (1878)
Duguesclin or Vauban (2nd rank ironclad) with original rig, deck view looking aft at Toulon. (Photo: NH 74884 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Vauban (1878)
Vauban (2nd rank ironclad) with military rig. (Photo: NH 66028, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Class: Vauban (1878)
Duguesclin (2nd rank ironclad) with military rig. (Photo: NH 66072, Farenholt Collection from ONI)