French ship Annibal
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Six ships of the French navy
have born the name Annibal in honour of Hannibal:
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...
have born the name Annibal in honour of Hannibal:
- Annibal (1707), an unbuilt ship of the line (?)
- Annibal (1779-1794), a 74 gun ship of the line, lead ship of Annibal class ship of the line
- AnnibalHMS Hannibal (1779)HMS Hannibal was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Adams of Bucklers Hard and launched on 26 December 1779. She was subsequently captured by the French ship Héros off Sumatra, on 21 January 1782....
(1782-1787), a captured British 52-gun ship - Annibal (1795-1796), a gunboat
- Annibal (1801-1823), a captured British 74 gun ship of the line
- Prince Jérôme (1853-1886) was built as Annibal from 1827 and renamed Prince Jérôme on 24 May 1854
See also
- HMS HannibalHMS HannibalHMS Hannibal was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1786, named after the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca. She is best known for having run aground during the first part of the Battle of Algeciras Bay on 5 July 1801, which resulted in her capture...