Amiral Baudin 1888
Formidable 1902
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Amiral Baudin | Arsenal de Brest | 10/1879 | 5.6.1883 | 12/1888 | hulk 1909 | ||
| Formidable | Arsenal de Lorient | 9/1879 | 16.4.1885 | 2/1889 | stricken 1911 |
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Displacement normal, t |
11720 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
101.0 wl |
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Breadth, m |
21.3 |
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Draught, m |
8.46 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VC, 12 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Amiral Baudin: 8400 Formidable: 9700 |
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Max speed, kts |
Amiral Baudin: 15 Formidable: 16 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 790 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
Amiral Baudin: 3000(10) Formidable: 3200(10) |
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Armour, mm |
steel and compound; belt: 550 - 350, barbettes: 400, tubes: 400, shields: 30, deck: 100 - 75, CT: 120 - 80 |
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Armament |
Amiral Baudin: 3 x 1 - 370/28 M1875-79, 4 x 1 - 165/30 M1884, 8 x 1 - 139/28 M1881, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 1 x 5 - 47/20 M1885, 14 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 6 - 380 TT (1 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern, aw) Formidable: 3 x 1 - 370/28 M1875-79, 4 x 1 - 165/30 M1884, 10 x 1 - 139/28 M1881, 1 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 12 x 5 - 47/20 M1885, 18 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 6 - 380 TT ( 1 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern, aw) |
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Complement |
Amiral Baudin: 625 Formidable: 650 |
Project history: With this class there was a return to the high-freeboard barbette ship with pronounced ram bow and considerable tumblehome.The 370mm guns had about the same performance as the early British 343mm weapons. They were 71.4t Creusot in Baudin and 75.1t St Chamond in Formidable and were in 3 single barbettes on the centreline, forward, midships and aft. The 165mm were in fore and aft main deck sponsons and the 139mm on the main deck. Both ships had military foremasts but differed in Formidable having a larger funnel. Their chief fault was the large area of unprotected side from just above the waterline.
Ship protection: The steel belt was complete and 2.2m wide but only about 0.3m above water; amidships it was 550mm tapering to 500mm at the upper edge and 400mm at the lower, while forward it was 390-350mm and aft 350mm. The shallow barbettes were compound with steel ammunition tubes. The armour deck was at the belt upper edge slightly crowned on the centreline and was 100-75mm steel.
Modernizations: 1898, Amiral Baudin: - 1 x 1 - 370/28 (midships), 8 x 1 - 139/28, 12 x 5 - 47/40, 12 x 5 - 37/20, 2 - 380 TT (beam); + 4 x 1 - 165/30 M1884, 8 x 1 - 139/45 M1887, 2 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 16 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 6 x 1 - 37/20 M1885
1898, Formidable: - 1 x 1 - 370/28 (midships), 2 - 380 TT (beam); + 4 x 1 - 165/30 M1884
Naval service: No significant events.
Amiral Baudin as built
Formidable
Formidable after refit
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