french navy

We know the chances of a sealion is seen, by pretty much everyone, as zilch, both in the Napoleonic Era and in WW2 (though I see the WW2 one as Hitler trying to scare the British into suing for peace than not actually attempting an Operation Sealion). However, I recently read in a thread that...

What would it take for the talks to fail? We know the US made efforts to intercept and read the various participants' communications, in particular Japanese ones, so they had a good idea of what their red lines were. However, assuming for some reason in an ATL this wasn't so possible, or was...

May 3rd, 1982 Silently beneath the waves, the FS Agosta and his crew stalked their prey. Captain Celice had the light cruiser, and its accompanying ships in his sights. And with a terse command, ordered a spread of 4 ECAN F17 torpedoes. Watching through his periscope all 4 torpedoes ran...

As related in Science and Polity in France: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years, the French had a multi-year program for developing incendiary and explosive shells, principally intended for the navy. Extensive tests with the explosive shells in 1798 at Meudon, using 1794/95 produced ordinance...