Casabianca (disambiguation)
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- Luc-Julien-Joseph CasabiancaLuc-Julien-Joseph CasabiancaSee Casabianca for other meaningsLuc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca was a French Navy officer.- Career :...
, a French Navy officer who was lost with his ship, L'Orient rather than be captured at the Abukir. His 12-year old son sacrificed himself with him.- CasabiancaCasabianca (poem)Casabianca is a poem by British poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans, first published in the New Monthly Magazine for August 1826.The poem opens:-History:...
is a poem written in the early 19th century by British poet Felicia Hemans about Luc Casabianca.
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- Raphaël, Comte de CasabiancaRaphaël, Comte de CasabiancaRaphaël, Comte de Casabianca , French general, was descended from a noble Corsican family.In 1769 he took the side of France against Genoa, then mistress of the island...
, a French general under Napoleon, was the uncle of the above. - CasabiancaCasabianca, Haute-CorseCasabianca is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.-Population:-References:*...
is a commune of the Haute-CorseHaute-CorseHaute-Corse is a French department. It constitutes the northern part of the island of Corsica.- History :The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the department of Corse was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud...
département in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, on the island of CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
(from where Raphaël and Luc Casabianca came). - Camille de CasabiancaCamille de CasabiancaCamille de Casabianca is a French filmmaker/writer. Casabianca's selected films include Peking Central, a comedy set in Mainland China, Madame Petlet's True Story, a French comedy, and Vive Nous!, a romantic comedy about social class and judo. Casabianca's published work includes Le Lapin Enchanté...
, a descendant of Luc, is a French filmmaker and writer. - A number of vessels of the French NavyFrench NavyThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
are named after Luc Casabianca:- The CasabiancaCasabianca (Q183)Casabianca was a Redoutable-class submarine of the French Navy, named in honour of Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca. She was notable for her escape from Toulon in November 1942 as Germans forces tried to seize the French fleet as part of Case Anton, the occupation of Vichy France...
, the famous submarine which joined the Free French Forces during the Second World War, notably liberating Corsica. - A T 47 class destroyerT 47 class destroyerThe T 47 class were the first destroyers built for the French Navy after the Second World War. Twelve ships were built between 1955 and 1957. The ships were modernised in the 1960s and decommissioned in the 1980s when they were replaced by Georges Leygues-class frigatesThese ships were larger than...
that operated from 1957 to 1984. - The CasabiancaFS CasabiancaThe Casabianca is a first-generation nuclear attack submarine of the French Navy. She is named in honour of the famous submarine of the Free French Naval Forces Casabianca.She is the third of the Rubis series...
, a contemporary nuclear attack submarine.
- The Casabianca