As to the number of vessels, which fluctuates from month to month, little can be said that is wholly accurate at any given moment, but, very roughly, the French navy in 1909 included 25 battleships, 7 coast defence ironclads, 19 armoured cruisers, 36 protected cruisers, 22 s1oops, gunboats, &c., 45 destroyers, 319 torpedo boats, 71 submersibles and submarines and 8 auxiliary cruisers. [Please select]
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Meanwhile, the Marblehead and the Eagle had disposed of the gunboats. [Please select]
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Between the Philadelphia and the shore lay a number of Tripolitan cruisers, galleys and gunboats. [Please select]
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"I hope you are not forgetting what I said about the American gunboats," said Britt ponderously. [Please select]
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I know something a great deal better than gunboats. [Please select]
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"They are little gunboats, and the government has about twenty of them," replied the Frenchman. [Please select]
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"It is one of the gunboats, Captain," answered Mr. [Please select]
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