French ship Aigle

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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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