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FRANCE.

The following is a list of the 62 ironclads of the French navy, with nominal horse-power, number of guns, and, when given, strength of crew, at the end of 1869. The nominal horse-power of each vessel is calculated, after a rule which came into effect the 1st of January, 1867, on the basis of a fourth of the utmost power attainable by the engine, or, as officially described ' le quart du nombre de chevaux de 75 kilogrammetres que la machine est susceptible de developper, a toute puissance, sur les pistons moteurs.' Each vessel of the French navy is supposed to belong to one of the five great ' divisions maritimes ' of the Empire, namely, 1. Cherbourg; 2. Brest; 3. Lorient ; 4. Rochefort ; and 5. Toulon ; and in the following list the initial letter preceding the name of each ironclad denotes the division on the register of which it stands : —

Division

Maritime

Classes

Nominal Horse- power

Number of Guns

Crew

Vaisseaux cuirassees : —

c.

Magenta .....

900

10

684

L.

Solferino .....

Frigates cuirassees : —

900

52

765

L.

Friedland (4 turrets)

950

12

—

T.

Marengo (4 turrets)

950

12

—

B.

Ocean (4 turrets).

950

12

—

C.

Suffren (4 turrets).

950

12

—

C.

Blandre.

900

13

594

B.

Gauloise

900

17

594

B.

Guyenne

900

17

594

T.

Heroine

900

17

594

B.

Magnanime

. 1 900

14

594

T.

Provence

I 900

16

594

T.

Revanche

900

17

594

T.

Savoie.

900

17

594

L.

Sveillurante

900

16

594

B.

Valeureuse

900

17

594

L.

Couronne

800

10

600

T.

Gloire.

800

32

570

T.

Invincible

800

32

570

C.

Normandie

800

28

570

Corvettes cuirassees : —

L.

Alma ......

450

12

310

E.

Armide .....

450

12

310

C.

Atalanta (2 turrets)

450

12

310

T.

Belliqueuse ....

450

10

300

C.

Jeanne d'Arc ....

450

12

310

B.

Lagalissonniere (2 turrets)

500

12

310

R.

Montcalm (2 turrets)

450

12

310

L.

Beine Blanche (2 turrets)

450

12

310

T.

Thetis.

450

12

310