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French ship Aigle

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French ship Aigle

Ships of the French Navy have borne the name Aigle ("eagle"), honouring the bird of prey as well as the symbol of the First French Empire

Ships named Aigle

  • Aigle (1692–1712), a 36-gun ship of the line
  • Aigle (1704–1710), a fireship
  • Aigle (1751–1765), a 50-gun ship of the line
  • Aigle (1780-1782), a 16-gun brig, ex-British privateer brig Eagle captured March 1780 at Saint Eustache in the Antilles. Arrived at Lorient January 1782 and listed as a corvette. HMS Duc de Chartres captured Aigle on 9 August 1782 off the American coast.
  • Aigle (1781–1784), a lugger
  • Aigle (1782), a 40-gun frigate that the British captured in 1782
  • Aigle (1783–1788), a barge
  • Aigle (1800–1805), a Téméraire class ship of the line
  • Aigle (1805–1814), a landing craft
  • Aigle (1813–1814), a xebec
  • Aigle (1858), an aviso
  • Aigle (1858–1891), an imperial yacht
  • Aigle (1916–1919), an auxiliary ship
  • Aigle (1919–1925), a tug
  • Aigle (1932–1942), a destroyer, lead ship of her class
  • Aigle (M647, 1987–2016), a tripartite minehunter

    • References

    French ship Aigle Wikipedia
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