Squadron Battleships: Photo Gallery (1a)

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)

Magenta (Ironclad two-decker, wood hull). Sister Solferino is behind her. (Photo on card by Maison Rideau, Cherbourg)

Provence (Ironclad frigate) at Toulon with a later model ironclad astern. (Photo: NH 74882, from ONI album of French warships)

Provence (Ironclad frigate) at Brest. (Photo: NH 74806, from ONI album of French warships)

Surveillante (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 75901, from ONI album of French warships)

Surveillante (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 75900, from ONI album of French warships)

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)

Océan (Ironclad frigate) at Toulon. (Photo: NH 74922, from ONI album of French warships)

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, from ONI album of French warships)

Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74929, from ONI album of French warships)

Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74812, from ONI album of French warships)

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, from ONI album of French warships)

Suffren (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74914, from ONI album of French warships)

Suffren (Ironclad frigate) at Havre in 1895 for review of Escadre du Nord by Faure. (Photo: Facebook, by Andrey Myatishkin on 20.5.2025)

Marengo (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 64448)

Friedland (1st rank ironclad frigate, iron hull) in 1876. (Photo: Shipscribe)

Friedland (1st rank ironclad frigate, iron hull). (Photo: NH 74919, from ONI album of French warships)

Richelieu (Ironclad frigate) at Algiers, with a single top on each mast and a long bowsprit. (Photo: NH 74903, from ONI album of French warships)

Richelieu (Ironclad frigate), probably at Toulon, with double tops on each mast and a shortened bowsprit. (Photo: NH 64441)

Richelieu (Ironclad frigate) with double tops on each mast and a shortened bowsprit. (Photo: Print by G.J.)

Colbert (Ironclad frigate), at Brest with Redoutable ahead of her. Mark Saibène's book says this is Trident circa 1880. (Photo: NH 74956, from ONI album of French warships)

Colbert (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74918, from ONI album of French warships)

Trident (Ironclad frigate). (Photo: NH 74920, from ONI album of French warships)

Colbert (Ironclad frigate) with reduced rig. (Photo: Print by G.J.)

Colbert (Ironclad frigate) with reduced rig. (Photo: Shipscribe)

Trident (Ironclad frigate) with reduced rig. (Photo: NH 74941, from ONI album of French warships)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74912, from ONI album of French warships)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad) at Lorient on 14 December 1878. (Photo: Facebook, by A. Myatishkin on 26.5.25)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74942, from ONI album of French warships)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 66089, Farenholt collection from ONI)

Redoutable (1st rank ironclad) at Saigon in her final configuration. (Photo: Postcard by G.B.)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74911, from ONI album of French warships)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: NH 74939, from ONI album of French warships)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad). (Photo: Facebook, by V. Yakubov on 17.5.2023)

Courbet (1st rank ironclad) with bowsprit. (Photo: NH 74926, from ONI album of French warships)

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 by ND)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad) underway in her final configuration. (Photo: Shipscribe)

Dévastation (1st rank ironclad) on 30 July 1903 in her final configuration. (Photo: Feuille signalétique)

Courbet (1st rank ironclad) in her final configuration. (Photo: Feuille signalétique)