French ship Favorite

Last updated September 25, 2021

No less than 21 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Favorite (Favourite). Among them:

Favorite (1810) (1810–1811), a 44-gun frigate destroyed at the Battle of Lissa
Favorite (Q195), an Aurore-class submarine launched in 1938. Seized by Germany in 1940 and renamed UF-2 she was scuttled in 1945

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