French ironclad Formidable
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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 & 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.[1] In May 1891, she became the flagship of the Mediterranean squadron. In 1898, she was transferred to the Atlantic squadron, based in Brest.
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Launch of Formidable
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Formidable testing a captive balloon in 1890
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