French ship Républicain

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Six ships of the French Navy have born the name Républicain ("Revolutionnary"):

• Royal Louis, a 110-gun ship of the line, was renamed Républicain in 1792.
• Républicain, a 20-gun corvette (1793-1794)
• Républicain, a 10-gun lugger (1793-1796)
• Républicain, a fluyt (1795)
• Mont-Blanc, a Téméraire class ship of the line, bore the name between 1795 and 1796
• Majestueux, a 110-gun Terrible class ship of the line, was renamed Républicain in 1797.

Five ship of the French Navy have born the name Républicaine ("Revolutionnary"):

• Républicaine, a 4-gun felucca (1793-1799) [1]
• Républicaine, a 24-gun Unité class corvette (1794-1799)
• Républicaine, a lugger (1794-1795)
• Républicaine, a 18-gun corvette
• Républicaine, a 18-gun fluyt

• Républicaine française, a 32-gun Galathée class frigate (1794-1796)

[edit] See also

• French ship République