Portrait of Alexandre (1857) as a gunnery school ship, her engine removed after 1873. by François Roux.
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To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:
Six of ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of the region of Brittany.
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Scipion in honour of Scipio Africanus.
At least 10 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Intrépide ("Intrepid"):
The Téméraire-class ships of the line were a class of a hundred and twenty 74-gun ships of the line ordered between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy or its attached navies in dependent (French-occupied) territories. Although a few of these were cancelled, the type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built to a single design.
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Ça Ira in honour of the revolutionary anthem Ah! ça ira
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Impérial or Impériale:
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Dauphin Royal in honour of the Dauphin of France:
The Suffren class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line of the French Navy.
Thirteen ships of the French navy have borne the name Renommée ("Renown"):
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Liberté, in honour of the concept of Liberty.
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Inflexible ("Unyielding"):
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Seine in honour of the Seine river:
At least two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bayard in honour of Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard:
Alexandre was ordered as a third-rank, 90-gun sailing Suffren-class ship of the line for the French Navy, but was converted to a steam-powered ship in the 1850s while under construction. Completed in 1857 the ship participated in the Second Italian War of Independence two years later. Her engines were removed in 1871 and she began conversion into a transport for exiled prisoners. Alexandre was instead completed as a gunnery training ship in 1872. She was hulked in 1877 and served as a barracks ship until she was scrapped in 1900.
The Saint Louis was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the twenty-second ship in French service named in honour of Louis IX of France.
Breslaw was a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the twenty-second ship in French service named in honour of Louis IX of France.
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Castiglione in honour of the Battle of Castiglione
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- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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