Normandie
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The French ironclad Normandie was the third and last of the three wooden-hulled Gloire-class ironclads built for the French Navy in 1858–62. The ships of the Gloire class were classified as armoured frigates because they only had a single gun deck and their traditional disposition of guns arrayed along the length of the hull also meant that they were broadside ironclads. Normandie was the first ironclad to cross the Atlantic in support of the French intervention in Mexico in 1862. Although the ship was active during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, she saw no action. The unseasoned timber of her hull rotted quickly; she was condemned in 1871 and subsequently scrapped.
1858-09-14T00:00:00Z
1858-09-14T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1860-03-10T00:00:00Z
1860-03-10T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1871-06-17T00:00:00Z
1871-06-17T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1862-05-13T00:00:00Z
1862-05-13T00:00:00Z
ship commissioning
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