French ship Duquesne

Eight ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Abraham Duquesne:

Ships named Duquesne

• Duquesne, (1787) a 74-gun ship of the line
• Duquesne, (1811) a captured Russian 73-gun ship, used as a school ship
• Duquesne, (1813) an 86-gun ship
• Duquesne, (1813) a Bucentaure class 80-gun ship of the line
• Duquesne, (1847) a steam and sail ship of the line
• Duquesne, an unbuilt Lyon-class battleship (1914)
• Duquesne, a heavy cruiser (1924-1955)
• Duquesne (D603), a Suffren-class frigate
• A Barracuda-class submarine is scheduled to bear the name

Furthermore, Montebello, a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, was started as Duquesne before being renamed. She was seized by Austria, while under construction, at the fall of Venice in 1813.^[1]

Ships of the French Navy named Duquesne
Gaspar Vence on Duquesne (1787) reaches Toulon with a convoy of food and drives three British ships away, 2 April 1794  Duquesne (1847) , drawing by Louis Le Breton  Duquesne in 1943  Duquesne (D603) in 2004

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

1. Demerliac, p.81, no 575

References

• Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 à 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. p. 81. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.

External links

• (French) Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Duquesne on NetMarine.net