French ship Junon

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

Junon (1748), a 44-gun two-decked ship ("partly ship of the line, partly frigate")
Junon (1778), a 32-gun Charmante-class frigate
Junon (1779), a 14-gun corvette
Junon (1786), a 40-gun Minerve-class frigate
Junon (1797), a Venetian galley
Junon (1809), a Gloire-class 40-gun frigate.
Amélie (1814), a 46-gun frigate renamed Junon in 1814
Junon (1861), a 28-gun frigate begun as a sailing frigate but launched as a steam frigate
Junon (1935), a Minerve-class submarine of 1935
Junon (S648), a Daphné-class submarine, completed 1966 – decommissioned 1996

Ships of the French Navy named Junon

Junon (1748)
Capture of HMS Fox by Junon (1778)
Junon, under Captain Rosamel, capturing a privateer on 3 March 1823 at 10 in the morning.
Junon (1861) on stack
Junon (1935)

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