French ship Maillé Brézé

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Three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Brézé or Maillé Brézé in honour of admiral Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé:

• 46-gun ship of the line Brézé (1646–1665) ^[1]
• Maillé-Brézé (named Brézé until January 1931), a Vauquelin class destroyer destroyed in the accidental explosion of one of her torpedoes on 30 April 1940 in Greenock
• Maillé-Brézé (D627), T 47 class destroyer, presently a museum

External links

• Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Maillé-Brézé

Notes

1. http://www.bateauxdupatrimoine.culture.fr/pdf/maille_fiche.pdf