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French ship Duquesne

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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.

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    French ship Duquesne Wikipedia