République-class battleship
A PAIR OF PRE-DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIPS—RÉPUBLIQUE, THE LEAD SHIP, AND PATRIE—BUILT FOR THE FRENCH NAVY IN THE EARLY 1900S
Republique class battleship; République class battleship; Republique-class battleship
The République class consisted of a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships—, the lead ship, and —built for the French Navy in the early 1900s. They were ordered as part of a naval expansion program directed at countering German warship construction authorized by the German Naval Law of 1898.