French_ship_Minerve
French ship Minerve
List of ships with the same or similar names
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
- Minerve (1757), a 26-gun frigate, lead ship of her class (1757–1762)[1]
- Minerve (1778), a 32-gun frigate (1778–1781) [2][1]
- Diane (1779), a 32-gun Sibylle-class frigate, was started as Minerve[1]
- Minerve (1782), a 40-gun frigate, lead ship of her class (1782–1794)[1]
- Spartiate (1794), a 16-gun corvette (1794–1795), bore the name[1]
- Minerve (1794), a 40-gun frigate (1794–1809)[1]
- Minerve (1797), a 58-gun ship of the line (1797–1799)[1]
- Président (1804), a 40-gun frigate, was started as Minerve[1]
- Minerve (1805), a 44-gun Armide-class frigate (1805–1806)[1]
- Minerve (1806), a 44-gun frigate (1806–1814)[1]
- Minerve (1809), a captured Portuguese 48-gun frigate (1809–1810)[1]
- Minerve (1831), a 32-gun frigate (1836–1874)[3]
- Minerve (1865), a steam frigate of the Vénus class[3]
- Minerve (1934), a submarine of the FNFL (1936–1946)
- Minerve (S647), a Daphné-class submarine (1964–1968)
Ships of the French Navy named Minerve
- Minerve (1782) serving in the Royal Navy as HMS St Fiorenzo
Notes
References
- Roche, vol.1, p.310
- Roche, vol.1, p.311
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 310–311. 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. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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