French ship Robuste

Thirteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Robuste ("Robust"):

Ships named Robuste

• Robuste (1758), a 74-gun ship of the line, condemned in 1783 and taken to pieces in 1784. ^[1]
• Robuste (1784), a pontoon in Lorient harbour. ^[1]
• Robuste (1793), a 20-gun corvette ^[1]
• Robuste (1794), a merchantman requisitioned as a transport ^[1]
• Robuste (1806), an 80-gun ship of the line ^[1]
• Robuste (1811), a stone-carrying barge ^[1]
• Robuste (1828), a transport ^[1]
• Robuste (1861), a steam paddle tug. ^[1]
• Robuste (1865), a sail transport. ^[1]

• Robuste (1913), a tug ^[2]
• Robuste II (1915), an armed sloop. ^[3]
• Robuste (1944), a tug, formerly USS YTL-157, which served most of her career in Toulon as Mésange ^[3]
• Robuste (1960), a coastal tug ^[2]

See also

• HMS Robust

Notes and references

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.384
2. Roche, vol.2, p.424
3. Roche, vol.2, p.425

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. pp. 372–373. 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. p. 250. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.