 Formidable displayed beside an antique galley for size comparison |
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| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 13 December 1878 |
| Builder: | Lorient, France. Lorient, or L'Orient, (An Oriant is a commune and a Seaport in the Morbihan département, of Brittany. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Plans by Gordon |
| Laid down: | 10 January 1879 |
| Launched: | 16 April 1885 |
| Commissioned: | 29 December 1888 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 February 1909 |
| Fate: | Scraped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Amiral Baudin class battleship |
| Displacement: | 12 150 tonnes |
| Length: | 98 metres |
| Beam: | 21. This article is about the tonne or metric ton For other tons see Ton. 2 metres |
| Draught: | 7. 9 metres |
| Propulsion: | 9700 shp |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 650 |
| Armament: |
3 × 370mm/28 Modèle 1875 guns in single mountings |
| Armour: | 450 mm |
The Formidable was an early battleship of the French Navy. The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm
In 1890, Formidable was used to experiment captive balloons usage in the Navy[1] From May 1891, she was the flagship of the Mediterranean squadron. "Ballooning" redirects here For the behavior of Spiders and other Arthropods see Ballooning (spider. flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well In 1898, she was transferred to the Atlantic squadron, based in Brest.
 Launch of the Formidable |
 Formidable testing a captive balloon in 1890 |
Notes and References
- ^ La Nature. Revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie, pp. 312-314. From Le Conservatoire numérique des Arts & Métiers