Tuesday, January 19, 2021

1905. The Dévastation was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy .

 


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  1. That's a strange looking battle ship. That first photo looks like she doing an engine test.

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  2. Funny-looking. So different from the post-Dreadnought designs of the Great War and later.

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  3. It's called a "floating battery" and was only 173' long.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9vastation-class_ironclad_floating_battery

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    1. That was the first Devastation, Crimean War vintage. This one was built much later and was about twice that size.

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  4. Incredible amount of topside clutter.

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  5. The French Marine National had some rather unique looking battleships.

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