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Six ships of the French Navy

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 Républicain ("Revolutionnary"):

Royal Louis
French ship Royal Louis (1780)
The Royal Louis was a 106-gun ship of the line of the French Royal Navy.She was renamed Républicain in 1792. Under this name, she took part in the Third Battle of Ushant, being the last ship of the French rear...

, a 110-gun ship of the line, was renamed Républicain in 1792.
Républicain, a 20-gun corvette (1793-1794)
Républicain, a 10-gun lugger
Lugger
A lugger is a class of boats, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, Scotland and England. It is a small sailing vessel with lugsails set on two or more masts and perhaps lug topsails.-Defining the rig:...

(1793-1796)
Républicain, a fluyt (1795)
Mont-Blanc
French ship Mont-Blanc (1791)
Mont-Blanc was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy.She was built at Rochefort as Pyrrhus in 1791. She was renamed Mont-Blanc in 1793 before being renamed Trente-et-un Mai in 1794. Under that name she fought at the Battle of the First of June in June 1794 under Honoré Joseph...

, a Téméraire class ship of the line
Téméraire class ship of the line
The Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built....

, bore the name between 1795 and 1796
Majestueux
French ship Majestueux (1781)
The Majestueux was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of Terrible class.She was renamed Républicain in 1797. In 1807, she was decommissioned and used as a transport.-References:...

, a 110-gun Terrible class ship of the line
Terrible class ship of the line
The Terrible class was a type of two 110-gun ships of the line.* TerribleThe Terrible class was a type of two 110-gun ships of the line.* TerribleThe Terrible class was a type of two 110-gun ships of the line....

, was renamed Républicain in 1797.

Five ship of the French Navy

French Navy

have born the name Républicaine ("Revolutionnary"):

Républicaine, a 4-gun felucca
Felucca
A felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean including Malta, and particularly along the Nile in Egypt, Sudan, and also in Iraq. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails....

(1793-1799) http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=2183
Républicaine, a 24-gun Unité class corvette (1794-1799)
Républicaine, a lugger (1794-1795)
Républicaine, a 18-gun corvette
Républicaine, a 18-gun fluyt

Républicaine française, a 32-gun Galathée class frigate
Galathée class frigate
The Galathée class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 x 12-pounder and 6 x 6-pounder guns...

(1794-1796)

Two ships of the French Navy

French Navy

have born the name République française:

République française, a 120-gun ship of the line
République française (1795), a tartane

The frigate Hermione

French frigate Hermione (1804)

The Hermione was a 40-gun Hortense Class frigate of the French Navy.Ordered by the Italian Republic as a gift to France under the name République Italienne, she was renamed to Hermione on 26 December 1803, to be launched in December 1804....

was started as République italienne

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