French ship Gloire
15 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Gloire ("glory").
Ships named Gloire
- Gloire (1691), an ordinary galley[1]
- Gloire (1707), a 40-gun frigate[1]
- Gloire (1726), an ordinary galley[1]
- Gloire (1727), a 46-gun ship of the line[1]
- Gloire (1742), a 40-gun ship of the line[2]
- Gloire (1762), a 16-gun corvette[2]
- Gloire, an Iphigénie class 32-gun frigate. Launched in 1778, she was captured by the British in 1795 and put into service as HMS Gloire until she was sold in 1802.[2]
- Gloire (1797), the Venitian flagship galley Gloria, captured in May 1797.[2]
- Gloire (1801), a corvette[2]
- Gloire (1803–1812), a 44-gun frigate, was captured on 25 September 1806 and was brought into British service as HMS Gloire; she was broken up in 1812.[2]
- Gloire (1811), a 46-gun frigate[2]
- Gloire (1837), a 52-gun frigate[2]
- Gloire (1858–1883), the first ocean-going ironclad battleship in history.[2]
- Gloire (1899–1922), an Amiral Aube-class armoured cruiser.[3]
- Gloire (1933–1958), a La Galissonnière-class cruiser[3]
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Ships with related names
- Gloire de Marie (1917), an auxiliary minesweeper.[3]
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo (1939), an auxiliary patrol boat.[3]
- French ship Glorieux
- French ship Glorieuse
See also
Notes and References
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 Roche, vol.1, p.225
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche, vol.1, p.226
- 1 2 3 4 Roche, vol.2, p.234
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. 372-373. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
