Amiral Baudin-class ironclad

Formidable testing ballons as naval observation platform
Class overview
Name:	Amiral Baudin class
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Terrible class
Succeeded by:	Marceau class
General characteristics
Type:	Battleship
Displacement:	12,150 tonnes
Length:	98 m (322 ft)
Beam:	21.2 m (70 ft)
Draught:	7.9 m (26 ft)
Propulsion:	9,700 shp (7,200 kW)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement:	650
Armament:	3 × 370mm/28 Modèle 1875 guns in single mountings 4 × 163mm/30 Modèle 1884 guns in single mountings 10 × 138mm/45 Modèle 1888 guns in single mountings 6 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
Armour:	450 mm (18 in)

The Amiral Baudin class was a type of ironclad battleships of the French Navy. The class comrpised two ships; Amiral Baudin and Formidable.

Design and history

Right elevation, deck plan and hull section of the Amiral Baudin class as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1896

The two ships of the class were built to a design similar to that of Amiral Duperré, enlarged and designed from the start to use steam propulsion only. They were upgraded with armoured masts carrying small guns.

Ships

• Amiral Baudin

Builder: Brest

Ordered:

Launched: 5 June 1883

Fate: Broken up in 1910

• Formidable

Builder: Lorient

Ordered: 13 December 1878

Launched: 16 April 1885

Fate: Broken up 1910

External links

Media related to Amiral Baudin class battleships at Wikimedia Commons

• French Barbette Ship Amiral Duperré (1877/1883)