[Renaud]

Regarding our ships, buff is not such as the bright yellow Russian ships were painted with, but a dull color, close to the one Dom Bumagi choose for their SMS Scharnhorst in tropical colours.

Have a look to the pictures of the Hoche in Paris, whose model was built just before the real ship was completed, after the plans only, as the forward mast was still intended to be fitted with three nests instead of two.