French ship Bretagne

Six of ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of the region of Brittany.

Ships named Bretagne

• Bretagne (1766), a 110-gun three-decker ship of the line ^[1]
• Bretagne (1855), a 130-gun steam and sail three-decker ^[1]
• Ville de Bordeaux (1860), a 90-gun Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line, was renamed Bretagne when she replaced the 1855 Bretagne as a school ship. ^[2]
• Fontenoy (1858), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line, was renamed Bretagne when she replaced the ex-Ville de Bordeaux as a school ship. ^[3]
• Bretagne, a battleship, lead ship of her class, sunk at Mers-el-Kebir
• A FREMM frigate (planned)

Ships of the French Navy named Bretagne
Scale model of Bretagne (1766), on display at Brest naval museum  Bretagne (1855), painting by Jules Achille Noël, National Maritime Museum, London.  Layout of Bretagne, as depicted by Brassey's Naval Annual 1915

See also

• SS La Bretagne, an 1886 ocean liner for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
• SS Bretagne (1951), a 1951 ocean liner; rechristened SS Brittany in 1962. Destroyed by fire in 1963
• SS Bretagne - several ships named Bretagne

Notes and References

Notes

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.85
2. Roche, vol.1, p.467
3. Roche, vol.1, p.206

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 85. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.