French ship Argonaute
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A large number of ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Argonaute in honour of the mythological navigators argonauts
. Among them:
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 borne the name Argonaute in honour of the mythological navigators argonauts
Argonauts
The Argonauts ) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus. "Argonauts", therefore, literally means...
. Among them:
- Argonaute (1708), a 50-gun ship of the line, personal ship of Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la MotteEmmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la MotteVice-Admiral Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte was a French naval officer.Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc entered the navy as a midshipman in 1698, and received his first command in 1708. Following a promotion to sub-lieutenant, he fought at Rio de Janeiro in 1711...
- Argonaute (1723), a 46-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class
- Argonaute (1781), a 74-gun ship of the line, razéed to a 42-gun ship in 1794 and renamed Flibustier, out of service in 1795
- Argonaute (1794), a 74-gun ship of the line that took part in the Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
- Argonaute (1806), formerly the Spanish Vencedor of 78 guns
- Argonaute (1840), a ship of the line launched in 1840 but never commissioned
- Argonaute (1893), a torpedo boat
- Argonaute (1911), a prototype submarine
- Argonaute (1929), a submarine, lead ship of her class, sunk by the HMS AchatesHMS Achates (H12)HMS Achates was an A-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy launched on 4 October 1929 and commissioned on 27 March 1930. She was sunk on 31 December 1942 in the Battle of the Barents Sea.-Battle of the Denmark Strait:...
on the 8th of November 1942 - ArgonauteArgonaute (S636)Argonaute is an Aréthuse-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the French Navy to bear the name.Launched on 23 October 1958, she served as flagship within the Toulon submarine squadron, and spent over 2,000 days at sea and over 32,000 hours underwater...
(S636), a submarine of the Aréthuse typeAréthuse class submarineThe Aréthuse class were submarines built for the French Navy in the 1950s. They were designed as hunter killer submarines for anti-submarine warfare and were referred to as Sous-marins de Chasse by the Marine Nationale. These submarines had advanced sensors and were very quiet. They were influenced...
(1958), now a museum - Argonaute (2004), a ship specialised in rescue and decontamination
Sources and references
- Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom dArgonaute, netmarine.net