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The 2024 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships. For

In 1786 the French Navy had just emerged from its most successful war of the eighteenth century, having frequently outfought or outmanoeuvred the Royal Navy in

The French produced some of the most striking and innovatory interwar cruiser designs. A large amount of new information about these ships has become available

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