French ship Tourville
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Several ships of the French Navy
have been named in honour of Anne Hilarion de Tourville
. 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 been named in honour of Anne Hilarion de Tourville
Anne Hilarion de Tourville
Anne Hilarion de Costentin, comte de Tourville was a French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV. He was made Marshal of France in 1693.-Military career:...
. Among them:
- TourvilleFrench ship Tourville (1788)The Tourville was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.In August 1793, she was damaged by a tempest, which also killed her captain, and had to return to Brest...
, a Téméraire classTéméraire class ship of the lineThe 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....
74-gun ship of the line (1790-1833) - San Gennaro, a Spanish 86-gun ship of the line ceded to France, bore the name from 1811 to 1816
- Tourville, a 80-gun ship of the line (1853-1872)
- An unbuilt Lyon class battleshipLyon class battleshipThe Lyon was a class of battleship which was planned for the French Navy, beginning in 1914. However, construction was halted and then cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I. No ship of the Lyon type was laid down.-Design:...
(1914) - The TourvilleFrench cruiser TourvilleThe Tourville was a French Duquesne class heavy cruiser that served during World War II....
, a heavy cruiser (1928-1962) - The Tourville (D 610), a F67 typeTourville class frigateThe F67 type is a class of large high-sea Destroyers of the French Navy specialised in anti-submarine warfare. They have anti-air and anti-surface capabilities....
frigate. - A Barracuda type submarine is scheduled to bear the name