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Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:
A large number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Argonaute in honour of the mythological navigators argonauts. Among them:
Several ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Anne Hilarion de Tourville. Among them:
17 ships of the French Navy have been named Rubis ("Ruby"), or Ruby as it was spelled until the 18th century:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Foudroyant :
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"):
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Ville de Paris, in honour of the city of Paris:
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Protée, in honour of Proteus.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vengeur ('Avenger'):
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Marengo in honour of the Battle of Marengo:
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Lys after the Lilium, a flower featured in the arms of France as the Fleur-de-lis:
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Brave. Among them:
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Inflexible ("Unyielding"):
Six ships of the French Navy and at least one privateer have borne the name Jupiter:
Castiglione 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 1861 the ship participated in the Second French intervention in Mexico the following year. She was converted into a troopship in 1866 and was hulked in 1881, serving as a barracks ship until she was scrapped in 1900.
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Éole in honour of Aeolus
At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:
Seven ships of the French Navy have born the name Illustre ("Illustrious")
Six ships of the French Navy have been named Magnifique:
References
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 101. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
