page_title: French ironclad Provence
hierarchical_section_title: French ironclad Provence
caption_attribution_description: English: Model of the Flandre, a Provence-class armoured frigate. Anonymous, 1864. [1] On display at Toulon naval museum, access number 25 MG 3
context_page_description: The French ironclad Provence was the lead ship of her class of 10 armored frigates built for the French Navy during the 1860s. Commissioned in 1865, she spent the bulk of her career with the Mediterranean Squadron, often serving as a flagship. The ironclad played a minor role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, blockading the North Sea coast of Prussia. Provence was decommissioned after the war, but was reactivated in late 1875.
  She was assigned to the Eastern Mediterranean in early 1879 and became flagship of the Levant Naval Division later that year. The ship was condemned in 1886 and became a target ship until she was sold for scrap in 1893.
context_section_description: The French ironclad Provence was the lead ship of her class of 10 armored frigates built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during the 1860s. Commissioned in 1865, she spent the bulk of her career with the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée), often serving as a flagship. The ironclad played a minor role in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, blockading the North Sea coast of Prussia. Provence was decommissioned after the war, but was reactivated in late 1875.
  She was assigned to the Eastern Mediterranean in early 1879 and became flagship of the Levant Naval Division (Division navale du Levant) later that year. The ship was condemned in 1886 and became a target ship until she was sold for scrap in 1893.
caption: A scale model of sister ship Flandre
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