French ironclad Normandie [SEP] vessel class
French ironclad Normandie
The French ironclad "Normandie" was the third and last of the three wooden-hulled s 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
a Royalist French army unit created in 1616
Ships.
- French ship "Normandie" (1835), a Seine ferry built at Le Havre in 1835,
- French ironclad "Normandie", in service 1862–71
- "Normandie"-class battleship, five ships planned for use by the French Navy in World War I but never completed
- SS "Normandie", an ocean liner in service 1935–39
- MV "Normandie", a channel ferry built in 1992
Other uses.
- The Normandie Hotel