République class battleship
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The République class was a class of two pre-Dreadnought
ironclads of the French Navy
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than her predecessors, better sailing qualities, larger size, and more firepower. The launch of HMS Dreadnought
rendered the class less valuable, yet the ships served during the First World War.
The design was further improved with the closely related Liberté class battleship
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Pre-dreadnought
Pre-dreadnought battleship is the general term for all of the types of sea-going battleships built between the mid-1890s and 1905. Pre-dreadnoughts replaced the ironclad warships of the 1870s and 1880s...
ironclads of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
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Design
The République marked a significant evolution in the design of French ironclads, with less significant tumblehomeTumblehome
In ship designing, the tumblehome is the narrowing of a ship's hull with greater distance above the water-line. Expressed more technically, it is present when the beam at the uppermost deck is less than the maximum beam of the vessel....
than her predecessors, better sailing qualities, larger size, and more firepower. The launch of HMS Dreadnought
HMS Dreadnought (1906)
HMS Dreadnought was a battleship of the British Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power. Her entry into service in 1906 represented such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of...
rendered the class less valuable, yet the ships served during the First World War.
The design was further improved with the closely related Liberté class battleship
Liberté class battleship
The Liberté class was a class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy, an improvement of the République-class battleship of a similar design.-Design and History:...
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