Launch of Charlemagne (1807)
Portrait of Charlemagne (1852)
The battleship Charlemagne underway
Notes and references
Notes
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Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Latouche-Tréville in honour of the 19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville.
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bouvet in honour of François Joseph Bouvet.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrolabe, after the instrument astrolabe
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Borda in honour of Jean-Charles de Borda. From 1839 it has been a tradition that the main schoolship of the École navale, a repurposed capital ship, be renamed Borda in this role.
Five ships of the French navy have borne the name Clorinde, in honour of Clorinda in Jerusalem Delivered.
A number of ships of the French navy have borne the name Guerrier.
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Melpomène, in honour of the muse Melpomene.
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Liberté, in honour of the concept of Liberty.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Andromaque in honour of Andromache, wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes.
Six French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Fantasque ("capricious"):
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name D'Entrecasteaux in honour of Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux:
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Mytho or My-Tho, after the Vietnamese city of Mỹ Tho, to commemorate the Capture of Mỹ Tho in 1861:
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Sané, in honour of the 18th-century French engineer Jacques-Noël Sané.
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Borée, in honour of Boreas.
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Espoir, in honour of hope.
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Guerrière.
Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Gaulois ("Gaul"):
Two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Tilsitt in honour of the Treaties of Tilsit:
Thirteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Robuste ("Robust"):
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amazone ("Amazon"):
References
- ↑ "Les vaisseaux de 74 canons de type Sané de la marine du Premier Empire". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- 1 2 Roche, vol.1, p.110
- ↑ Roche, vol.2, p.128
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. p. 110. 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. p. 128. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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