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Three ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Appleleaf:
Chaumont can refer to:
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.
Marne can refer to:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Marne, after the River Marne in France, site of the First Battle of the Marne in 1914:
Somme or The Somme may refer to:
Bourgogne is the French name of Burgundy, one of the 26 regions of France.
A number of steamships were named Medea, including:
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. In October 2009, the ship was mistakenly attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The attacked was repelled and the pirates captured.
Prairial was a supertanker, built in 1979 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for Compagnie Nationale de Navigation. Prairial, which was the fourth and final vessel of Batillus class supertankers. She was the only ship of that class to have a career longer than ten years, sailing until 2003, although under different names: Sea Brilliance (1985), Hellas Fos (1986) and Sea Giant (1997). She is also distinguished as the third biggest ship ever constructed, surpassed in size only by Seawise Giant built in 1976 and subsequently lengthened, and her sister ship Pierre Guillaumat.
A number of motor vessels were named Kollbjørg, including
SS Tuxpam can refer to
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Saône, after the river Saône :
A number of ships have been named Beme, including –
A number of steamships were named Athelstane, including-
Var was a Durance-class command and replenishment tanker of the French Navy. In addition to its primary duty as a fleet tanker, Var was configured as a flagship and served as such in the Indian Ocean. The ship was laid down on 8 May 1979 by Brest Arsenal at their yard in Brest, France. She was launched on 1 June 1981, commissioned on 29 January 1983 and assigned to the Force d'action navale. Var took part in several multi-national operations. The tanker was decommissioned on 1 July 2021.
A number of vessels of the French Navy have borne the name Var, after the river of that name.
Marne is a Durance-class command and replenishment tanker of the French Navy. In addition to its primary duty as a fleet tanker, Marne is configured as a flagship and has served as such in the Indian Ocean.
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