French ironclad Formidable
Formidable displayed beside an antique galley for size comparison
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| Name: | Formidable |
| Ordered: | 13 December 1878 |
| Builder: | Lorient, France. Plans by Gordon |
| Laid down: | 10 January 1879 |
| Launched: | 16 April 1885 |
| Commissioned: | 29 December 1888 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 February 1909 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Amiral Baudin-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 12,350 t (12,150 long tons) |
| Length: | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power: | 9,700 ihp (7,200 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engines |
| Speed: | 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 650 |
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| Armor: | 450 mm |
Formidable was an Amiral Baudin-class ironclad battleship of the Marine nationale (French Navy).
In 1890, Formidable was used to experiment captive balloons usage in the Navy. In May 1891, she became the flagship of the Mediterranean squadron. In 1898, she was transferred to the Atlantic squadron, based in Brest.
Launch of Formidable
Formidable testing a captive balloon in 1890
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