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French ship Bretagne

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French ship Bretagne

Six of ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of the region of Brittany.

Ships named Bretagne

  • Bretagne (1766), a 110-gun three-decker ship of the line
  • Bretagne (1855), a 130-gun steam and sail three-decker
  • Ville de Bordeaux (1860), a 90-gun Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line, was renamed Bretagne when she replaced the 1855 Bretagne as a school ship.
  • Fontenoy (1858), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line, was renamed Bretagne when she replaced the ex-Ville de Bordeaux as a school ship.
  • Bretagne, a battleship, lead ship of her class, sunk at Mers-el-Kebir
  • A FREMM frigate (planned)

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    French ship Bretagne Wikipedia
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