Requin
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Requin was an ironclad barbette ship built for the French Navy in the late 1870s and early 1880s. She was last member of the four-ship Terrible class. They were built as part of a fleet plan started in 1872, which by the late 1870s had been directed against a strengthening Italian fleet. The ships were intended for coastal operations, and as such had a shallow draft and a low freeboard, which greatly hampered their seakeeping and thus reduced their ability to be usefully employed outside of coastal operations after entering service. Armament consisted of a pair of 420 mm (16.5 in) guns in individual barbettes, the largest-caliber gun ever mounted on a French capital ship. Requin was laid down in 1878 and was completed in 1887.
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Le "Requin", navire décoré de la Croix de Guerre - photographie de presse - Agence Meurisse - btv1b9030681n (levels)
French battleship Requin at anchor
Le "Requin", navire décoré de la Croix de Guerre - photographie de presse - Agence Meurisse - btv1b9030681n
Requin (1888 ironclad)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | Le "Requin", navire décoré de la Croix de Guerre - photographie de presse - Agence Meurisse - btv1b9030681n (levels) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | French battleship Requin at anchor | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Le "Requin", navire décoré de la Croix de Guerre - photographie de presse - Agence Meurisse - btv1b9030681n | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Requin (1888 ironclad) | Commons | ||
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