French ship Dupetit-Thouars

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Six ships of the French navy have born the name Dupetit-Thouars in honour of Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars, hero of the Battle of the Nile:

• A bomb longboat (1799)
• Dupetit-Thouars, a brig which served in the French intervention in Mexico (1828 - 1865)
• Dupetit-Thouars, a cruiser (1847 - 1897)
• Dupetit-Thouars, an armoured cruiser (1901 - 1918)
• Dupetit-Thouars, an Armide class submarine (1920 - 1928)
• Dupetit-Thouars (D625), a T 47 class destroyer (1956 - 1988)

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• Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Du Petit Thouars
• Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Dupetit-Thouars