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Chevalier Paul (D621)
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The Chevalier Paul is a Horizon class destroyer of the French Marine Nationale
French Navy
The 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...
commissioned in June 2009. She is the third vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Chevalier Paul
Chevalier Paul
Jean-Paul de Saumeur , often called Chevalier Paul was a French admiral who served in several Mediterranean campaigns.Saumeur began sailing at the age of twelve in the navy of the Order of Malta...
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The Chevalier Paul was launched by DCN in Lorient
Lorient
Lorient, or L'Orient, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India had established warehouses in Port-Louis...
on 12 July 2006
She is the sister-ship of the Forbin.
External links
- Chevalier Paul Anti Air Warfare Destroyer Chevalier Paul on Alabordache