French ship Annibal

Six ships of the French navy have borne the name Annibal in honour of Hannibal

French ship named Annibal

• Annibal (1707), an unbuilt ship of the line (?)
• Annibal (1779–1794), a 74-gun ship of the line, lead ship of Annibal class
• Annibal (1782–1787), a captured British 52-gun ship
• Annibal (1795–1796), a gunboat
• Annibal (1801–1823), a captured British 74-gun ship of the line
• Prince Jérôme (1853–1886), a Hercule-class ship of the line was built as Annibal from 1827 and renamed Prince Jérôme on 24 May 1854 ^[1]

Ships of the French Navy named Annibal

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  Annibal as Achille (left) during the Glorious First of June
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  Capture of HMS Hannibal during the First Battle of Algeciras and before her recommissioning as Annibal in the French Navy.
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  1/75th-scale model of Prince Jérôme, ex-Annibal, on display at the Swiss Museum of Transport.

See also

• HMS Hannibal
• USS Hannibal

Notes and references

References

1. Loire (ex-Hoche, ex-Prince Jérôme, ex-Annibal) Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

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