 Battleships of France
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République class - Having taken five years to complete, the République class had been rendered obsolete by H.M.S. Dreadnought by the time they entered service.
République
Patrie
Danton class - An intermediate class between pre-Dreadnought and Dreadnought type designs, France persisted with building them even after most other nations had abandoned the concept.
Danton
Condorcet
Diderot
Mirabeau
Voltaire
Vergniaud
Courbet class - France's first Dreadnoughts, although reverting to orthodox practice of casemated secondary armament, contained a number of features ahead of British and American design.
Jean Bart
Courbet
France
Paris
Bretagne class - Similar in size to the Courbet Class, but with a heavier main armament.
Bretagne
Lorraine
Provence
Dunkerque class - The first battleships to mount the main armament in quadruple turrets.
Dunkerque
Strasbourg
Richelieu class - An enlarged Dunkerque, the Richelieu class fought for both the Allies and the Axis during World War II.
Richelieu
Jean Bart
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