Station/Cruising Battleships, 1859-1882: Photo Gallery
In fleet lists as Corvettes cuirassées 1864, to Cuirassés de 2e rang 1873, Cuirassés de stations 1880, Cuirassés de croisière 1885, Cuirassés de station 1891, and Cuirassés de croisière 1892.
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Broadside Ironclad Corvette: Belliqueuse class (on list 1864)
Belliqueuse
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: Alma class (1866)
Armide
Armide (French ironclad corvette). (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-74811 from ONI album of French warships)
Atalante
Atalante (French 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)
Atalante
Atalante (French 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)
Atalante
Atalante (French ironclad corvette) in Sydney Harbor, Australia, in 1873. (Photo: Holtermann Collection in the State Library of New South Wales, SLNSW-FL1247035)
Montcalm
Montcalm (French ironclad corvette) in 1873. (Photo: Shipscribe collection)
La Galissonnière and Victorieuse classes (1868-1870)
La Galissonnière
La Galissonnière (French ironclad corvette) in the roadstead at Brest. Photo by Émile Mage. (Photo: Wikimedia from Musée Bretagne FLMjo134341)
La Galissonnière
La Galissonnière (French ironclad corvette) at Brest. (Photo: Private digital collection)
Victorieuse
Victorieuse (French ironclad corvette). Single screw version of La Galissonnière. (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-66029, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Triomphante
Triomphante (French ironclad corvette). (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-74937 from ONI album of French warships)
Triomphante
Triomphante (French ironclad corvette). (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-74968 from ONI album of French warships)
Triomphante
Triomphante (French ironclad corvette) housed over as headquarters ship of the naval division at Saigon probably after being struck in 1896. She was sold in 1903. (Photo: Private digital collection)
Barbette 2nd Rank Ironclads: Turenne class (1875)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad) on the ways shortly before launching. She is in an extension of the Brest dockyard upriver from the main arsenal that was fortified in 1777. The side planking of her temporary shiphouse has been removed but the roof remains in place. (Photo: Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 2fi06388)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad) on the ways at Brest on 25 March 1880, now without her protective roof. She is on one of the three remaining cales (shipways) de la Boucherie that were built in the 1830s in the upriver extension of the arsenal. (Photo: Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 2fi06390)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad) on the ways at Brest on 26 March 1880 with temporary covers added over her barbettes. A fourth cale de la Boucherie to the left of her shipway was removed circa the 1870s. (Photo: Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 2fi06391)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad) sliding down the ways at Brest on 27 March 1880 with many spectators looking on. To the right is the prison hulk Veilleur ex Duquesne, and to the left is the temporary shiphouse for Amiral Baudin on another of the cales de la Boucherie. (Photo: Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 2Fi06392)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad) afloat on the right after her launching at Brest. In the foreground is Bretagne (i) in the early stages of dismantlement. Behind her are the 2nd class cruiser Nielly ready for launching and the shiphouse for Amiral Baudin, each on a cale de la Boucherie, and to their left is the shiphouse for the 1st class coast defense ship Terrible on a cale du Bocage. (Photo: Private digital collection, also Wikimedia from Archives M&M Brest 2fi06382 and 2fi06384)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-00032, from Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad) "returning to France the mortal remains of Admiral Courbet." (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-74931 from ONI album of French warships)
Bayard
Bayard (French 2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-66059, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Turenne
Turenne (French 2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-66099, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Turenne
Turenne (French 2nd rank ironclad). (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-92043, courtesy Paul Silverstone)
Vauban class (1878)
Duguesclin
Duguesclin (French 2nd rank ironclad) after launch. (Photo: Private digital collection and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR-5-G-167)
Duguesclin
Duguesclin (French 2nd rank ironclad) with original rig. (Photo: Private digital collection and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR-5-G-168)
Duguesclin
Duguesclin (French 2nd rank ironclad) with original rig. (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-74969 from ONI album of French warships)
Duguesclin or Vauban
Duguesclin or Vauban (French 2nd rank ironclad) with original rig, deck view looking aft at Toulon. (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-74884 from ONI album of French warships)
Duguesclin
Duguesclin (French 2nd rank ironclad) with military rig. (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-66072, Farenholt Collection from ONI)
Vauban
Vauban (French 2nd rank ironclad) with military rig. (Photo: USN NHHC Photo Archive NH-66028, Farenholt Collection from ONI)