French ship Amazone

Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amazone ("Amazon"):

Ships named Amazone

• Amazone (1675), a galley . ^[1]
• Amazone (1686), a galley. ^[2]
• Amazone (1702), an Ambitieuse class ordinary galley. ^[2]
• Amazone (1705), a 38-gun frigate. ^[2]
• Amazone (1707), a 36-gun frigate. ^[2]
• Amazone (1751), a galley . ^[2]
• Amazone (1778), a 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate . ^[2]
• Amazone (1793), a tartane. ^[2]
• Amazone (1807), a 40-gun Junon-class frigate . ^[2]
• Amazone (1821), a 52-gun frigate . ^[2]
• Amazone (1831), a frigate captured from Portugal during the Battle of the Tagus. ^[2]
• Amazone (1858), a steam and sail transport. ^[2]
• Amazone (1916), an Armide-class submarine launched in 1916 and stricken in 1932. ^[3]
• Amazone (1931) a Diane-class submarine launched in 1931 and stricken in 1946. ^[3]
• Amazone (S639), an Aréthuse-class submarine launched in 1958 and stricken in 1980. ^[3]

Ships with similar names

• Amazone II (1914), an auxiliary cruiser . ^[3]

Citations

1. Roche (2005a), p. 36.
2. Roche (2005a), p. 37.
3. Roche (2005b), p. 34.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 36–37. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005b). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 34. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.