French ship Duquesne
Nine ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Abraham Duquesne:
Ships named Duquesne
- Duquesne, (1787) a 74-gun ship of the line
- Duquesne, (1811) a captured Russian 73-gun ship, used as a school ship
- Duquesne, (1813) an 86-gun ship
- Duquesne, (1813) a Bucentaure class 80-gun ship of the line
- Duquesne, (1847) a steam and sail ship of the line
- Duquesne, (1876) an ironclad cruiser
- Duquesne, an unbuilt Lyon-class battleship (1914)
- Duquesne, a heavy cruiser (1924-1955)
- Duquesne (D603), a Suffren-class frigate
- A Barracuda-class submarine is scheduled to bear the name
Furthermore, Montebello, a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, was started as Duquesne before being renamed. She was seized by Austria, while under construction, at the fall of Venice in 1813.[1]
| Ships of the French Navy named Duquesne |
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| Gaspar Vence on Duquesne (1787) reaches Toulon with a convoy of food and drives three British ships away, 2 April 1794 |
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Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
- ↑ Demerliac, p.81, no 575
References
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 81. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
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