An item referred to the magazine Naval and Military Record dated 29 August 1928 reporting that the French navy was preparing a wireless controlled ships to be used as target. The edition dated 17 October reported that the proposed was one of the three 18.000 units of the Voltaire-class to converted into a target similar to the British HMS Centurion.(1) Until then was for the gunnery training a target used fitted to a rock near Provence of Corsica.
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1. This must be the Vergniaud of the Danton-class pre-dreadnought battleships. Laid down at the shipyard C. de la Gironde, Bordeaux in July 1908, launched on 12 April 1910, completed on 22 September a year later, decommissioned already in June 1921, stricken on 27 October and converted into a target was she for the next five years used for testing the effects of poison gases and bombs , on 5 May 1927 indicated to be disposed and finally sold to be broken up on 27 November 1928.
