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The tables which follow of the French armour-clad fleet and first-class cruisers are arranged chronologically, like the similar tables for the British navy. The ships named in italics will not be ready for sea by end of the present year.

Battle Fleet.

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1890

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1902

1893

1898 1901- 1905 1901 to 1905

1906

1890 Jaureguiberry

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/Diderot .

Danton

Condorcet . \Vergniaud .

Voltaire \Mirabeau .

1SS9 1897

/Bouvines (Trehouart

Henri IV.

Super- Dreadnoughts.

[23,550

10§

17

10 13-4in., 22 5.5in. 4

Dreadnowjlits.

^23,400

10^

12

12 12iii. ; 22 S'Sin.

Pre- Dreadnoughts.

. 11,324

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. ( about . jj" 12,000

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15

I J 11,260

.' ! 12,728

14

16

12

12

• !} 14,865

11

11

'. ![ 14,865

11

11

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• Jl8,000

11

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12

/2 12in. ; 2 lO'Sin.;"! \ 8 5-5in. . ./

i-2 12in. ; 2 10 -Sin. ;\ \ 8 5-5in. . ./

4 12in. ; 10 5-5in. .

4 12in, ; 10 6-4in. . 4 12in,; 18 6-4in. .

4 12iu. ; 10 7-6in. . 4 12in. ; 12 9-4in. ,

Coast Dejence Shij)s.

I 6,500 , IS 8,950 I 11

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2 r2in.; 8 4in. 2 10-8iu. ; 7 5'5in.

29,000

Knots 21

4 j 36,000

14,000 ! 16

i 18

15,000

14,500

16,000 18,000

18,000

22,500

18

18

18

18

19

2 I 8,500 "6

I 2 11,500 I 7