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Le Napoléon (1850)
Le Napoléon was a battleship of the French Navy, and the first purpose-built steam battleship in the world "Napoleon (90 guns), the first purpose-designed screw line of battleships", Steam, Steel and Shellfire, Conway's History of the Ship (p39). She is also considered the first true steam battleship, and the first screw battleship ever "Hastened to completion Le Napoleon was launched on 16 May 1850, to become the world's first true steam battleship", Steam, Steel and Shellfire, Conway's History of the Ship (p39).
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