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The Durance class is a series of multi-product replenishment oilers, originally designed and built for service in the French Navy. Besides the five ships built for the French Navy, a sixth was built for the Royal Australian Navy, while the lead ship of the class currently serves with the Argentine Navy. Two ships of a similar but smaller design are in service with the Royal Saudi Navy as the Boraida-class replenishment oilers.
An aviso was originally a kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication.
Twelve vessels of the French Navy have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin.
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.
Bougainville may refer to:
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Protée, in honour of Proteus.
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Topaze, in honour of the gemstone Topaz:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Cassard in honour of Jacques Cassard:
Thirteen ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Louis Antoine de Bougainville:
Several ships of the French Navy have been named Casabianca. Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca was a French naval officer, killed at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars.
The French tanker Somme is a Durance-class command and replenishment tanker of the French Navy. In addition to its primary duty as a fleet tanker, Somme is configured as a flagship and has served as such in the Indian Ocean. The vessel was constructed at La Seyne, France beginning in 1985 and entered service in 1990. As of 2023, with the retirement of her sister ship Marne, she is the last vessel of her class in service with the French Navy.
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Saône, after the river Saône :
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name D'Entrecasteaux in honour of Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux:
At least four ships of the French Navy have been named Turquoise:
A number of ships of the French Navy have been named Milan, for the Kite:
Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Volta:
At least three ships of the French Navy have been named Kersaint:
Marne was a Durance-class command and replenishment tanker of the French Navy. In addition to its primary duty as a fleet tanker, Marne was configured as a flagship and served as such in the Indian Ocean.
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