French ship Richelieu

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A number of ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal and Duc de Richelieu, considered to be one of the founders of the French navy. Among them,

• The ironclad Richelieu (1873) (1873)
• The battleship Richelieu (1939)
• The Charles de Gaulle nuclear aircraft carrier, whose first name was Richelieu