List of ironclad warships of France

France built a series of ironclad warships between the 1850s and 1890s; these began with the Dévastation-class ironclad floating batteries built during the Crimean War, which presaged Gloire, the first sea-going ironclad to be built by any navy.

Fomidable (11580 tons) next to a war antique Hellenistic-era warship ( French : Quinquérème ) (no sail power) (550 tons) for perspective visualizations.