French ship Mytho

Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Mytho or My-Tho, after the Vietnamese city of Mỹ Tho, to commemorate the Capture of Mỹ Tho in 1861:

Ships

Mytho (1880), an Annamite-class hospital ship.^[1]
Mytho (1934), a gunboat, lead ship of her class .^[1]
Mytho (M 618, 1955), formerly USS AM-475, an Aggressive-class minesweeper.^[1]

Ships of the French Navy named Mytho

Mytho (1880), painting by Eugène Dauphin

Mytho (1955) fitting out in 1953

Notes and references

Notes

References

1 2 3 Roche, vol.2, p.358

Bibliography

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 372-373. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

External links

MYTHO river gunboats (1933-1936), navypedia.org. Includes a photograph of Mytho (1934).

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