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Protected cruisers of France
In the 1880s and 1890s, the French Navy built a series of protected cruisers, some 33 ships in total. The ships filled a variety of roles, and their varying designs represented the strategic and doctrinal conflicts in the French naval command at that time. The factions included those who favored a strong main fleet in French waters, those who preferred the long-range commerce raiders prescribed by the Jeune Ecole, and those who wanted a fleet based on colonial requirements. Eventually, the type was superseded in French service by more powerful armored cruisers.

This topic comprises all of the protected cruisers built by France, over the course of the late 1880s and through the early 1900s. I started working on these articles in March 2020, so the project is one pandemic old (though I imagine this GTC will end first, so there's that bit of cheer for your day). In any event, thanks to all who take the time to review the topic! Parsecboy (talk) 21:02, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Support: A magnificent piece of work! All the protected cruisers at GA or better, joined by a navbox and category. Well done! -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 23:05, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Wonderful! Gog the Mild (talk) 11:37, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Support - fantastic work! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:16, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Support - looks to meet the criteria. Hog Farm Talk 07:13, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. God damn, that is a fine piece of work indeed. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 16:14, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delegate comment,, many thanks for your incredible contribution. We recently added a requirement in the nomination criteria for topics to have a brief introductory paragraph. The size of said paragraph, however, is largely up to the nominator; anywhere form a single sentence, to 5–6 (Examples, for instance, examples include this or this). Would you mind adding something like this? Best - Aza24 (talk) 17:58, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * How does the above look? Parsecboy (talk) 20:35, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thank you! Aza24 (talk) 21:30, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  06:34, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support fantastic to see this many articles in a GT, even more so a number of them being split into different classes; I bet this was really tiring work! --K. Peake 17:56, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Aza24 (talk) 05:21, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
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 * Thanks for the note. No worries. Aza24 (talk) 20:01, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
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