French ship Étoile

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At least 15 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Étoile ("Star"). Among them were:

• A ship of the line. She was the first French ship to bear the name, and took part in the battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré on 26 October 1622.
• The Étoile, a Fluyt which was part of the flotilla of Louis Antoine de Bougainville from 1767 to 1769.
• Étoile, a 44-gun frigate captured by Britain and recommissioned as HMS Topaze
• The present-day Étoile (A 649), a training sailship of the Navy