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NH 74893 Redoutable

Photo #: NH 74893 Redoutable
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Title: Redoutable
Description: (French Battleship, 1876) Moored off Brest navy yard, France circa the late 1870s or early 1880s. She is as first completed, with ship rig. The coast defense ship Tempéte is moored off Redoutable's port side, with only its upperworks visible. At left are the bows of a Colbert class battleship and a Victorieuse class armored cruiser. Note the crane on the quay in the foreground, with a steam engine's crankshaft beyond it. The original print is in an Office of Naval Intelligence album of French warship photographs. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 74893
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