French ship Marengo

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Six ships of the French Navy have born the name Marengo in honour of the Battle of Marengo:

  • Marengo (ex-Sceptre), a 74-gun ship of the line
  • Marengo (1802) (ex-Jean-Jacques Rousseau), a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line
  • Marengo, a 120-gun ship of the line started in 1807 as Marengo, and launched in 1851 as Ville de Paris
  • Marengo (1810), a 74-gun ship of the line
  • Marengo (1815), a small craft
  • Marengo (1872), an Océan class armoured frigate

Sources and references

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. 
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