Please answer the following question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Republique-class battleship - The Republique class was a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships of the French Navy; the ships were Republique the lead ship and Patrie. Built between 1901 and December 1906 they were actually completed at the same time as the British HMS Dreadnought the revolutionary design of which rendered the French ships obsolete before they entered service.
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Mean Of Transportation