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ships that fly the tricolor. defects, the former of which is irremediable, while the a fleet if, in its evolutions, all the ships have the same The French naval architects have always worked latter has been remedied by removing military masts speed, turn through the same angle for the same de- with… … Spar Oeck es oe > Oo" = chee NAVIES OF THE WORLD—III. FRANCE, which they can concentrate their maximum weight of On the score of appearance we must confess to a par- when ‘‘La Gloire” led the way in ironclad construc- fire. tiality for the French vessels. While they may not tion, they have been…

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