La Motte-Picquet (1859)
La Motte-Picquet (1923)
La Motte-Picquet (D645)
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To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.
Five ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of privateer and slave trader Robert Surcouf:
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 Protée, in honour of Proteus.
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sibylle:
Five ships of the French navy have borne the name Clorinde, in honour of Clorinda in Jerusalem Delivered.
Seven ships of the French navy have borne the name Iphigénie, in honour of Iphigenia.
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Melpomène, in honour of the muse Melpomene.
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.
The Vengeance class was a type of large sailing frigates designed by Pierre Degay and built in Paimbœuf for the French Navy. Rated at 48 guns, the type was one of the French attempts at increasing the firepower of frigates by mounting a 24-pounder main battery, as was tried with Forfait's Romaine class. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the ships mounted 18-pounder long guns on their main gun deck while in service.
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 of Sané, in honour of the 18th-century French engineer Jacques-Noël Sané.
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.
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrée in honour of Astraea in Greek mythology.
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amazone ("Amazon"):
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Victoire ("Victory"):
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Éveillé ("awakened"):
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Nymphe:
References
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. 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. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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