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List Of Battleships Of France
Between 1889 and 1949, the French Navy built a series of pre-dreadnought, dreadnought, and fast battleships, ultimately totaling thirty-four vessels: twenty-three pre-dreadnoughts, seven dreadnoughts, and four fast battleships. Another seven—five dreadnoughts and two fast battleships—were cancelled in various stages of construction (one of which was converted into an aircraft carrier while being built) and seven more were cancelled before work began. The first battleship construction program followed a period of confusion in strategic thinking in France over the optimal shape of the fleet. At the time, the French naval command consisted of competing factions, with one that favored building fleets of capital ships, continuing the program of traditional list of ironclad warships of France, ironclad warships that had dominated the fleet in the 1860s and 1870s. The other major faction preferred the ''Jeune École'' doctrine, which emphasized the use of cheap torpedo boats to destr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richelieu Ney York
Richelieu (, ; ) may refer to: People * Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal * Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1696–1788), marshal of France, grandnephew of the cardinal * Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720–1782), statesman, nephew of the marshal * Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, (1766–1822), statesman, grandson of the marshal * Duke of Richelieu, a title in the peerage of France created for Cardinal Richelieu * Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu (1852–1932), Danish naval officer and businessman * Richelieu Levoyer (1930–2015), politician of the Republic of Ecuador Places * Richelieu, Quebec, Canada * Richelieu (electoral district), Quebec * Richelieu (provincial electoral district), Quebec * Richelieu River, Quebec * Richelieu River (Montmorency River tributary), in La Jacques-Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
