French ship Flore

Last updated September 10, 2022

Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Flore ( Flora ):

Flore (1707–1724), a 10-gun frigate
Flore (1729–1754)
Flore (1769–1785)
Flore (1806–1811), a 44-gun frigate that took part in the Battle of Lissa
Hortense (1803–1840), a 40-gun frigate renamed to Flore in 1814
Flore (1869–1886), a sail frigate converted to steam before launch
Flore (1937–1950), a destroyer
Flore (1964–1993), a Daphné-class submarine, now on display at Lorient

The French ship Vestale (1756) was renamed HMS Flora after her capture by the Royal Navy, and was named Flore américaine after she was re-acquired from the United States.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

Related Research Articles

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:

HMS Surprise or Surprize is the name of several ships. These include:

Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:

Many ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Garland. The name dates back to 1242, being the oldest confirmed ship name in the Royal Navy.

Twelve vessels of the French Navy have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin.

Four Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Pomone, with another cancelled before launch:

A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Jeanne d'Arc, in honour of Joan of Arc. They include the following ships:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aeolus, after one of a number of figures named Aeolus who appear in Greek mythology:

Six French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Océan, after the Ocean:

Vestale was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1761, but had to scuttle her in 1778 to avoid having the French recapture her. She was refloated and sold to the French in 1784. She returned to wartime service in 1794 as a privateer. The British recaptured her in 1798 and broke her up thereafter.

Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Républicain ("Revolutionary"):

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fowey, either after the Cornish town of Fowey, or the River Fowey which runs through it, whilst another two were planned:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cerberus or Cerbere after Cerberus, the three-headed dog in Greek mythology that guards Hades:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Flora:

Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Junon, in honour of Juno:

Pomone is the name of several ships:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laurel. Another was planned but never completed. The first British ship of the name served in the Commonwealth navy. All were named after the plant family Lauraceae.

HMS Forte may refer to more than one ship of the British Royal Navy:

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.