French ship Napoléon

Two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Napoléon in honour of Napoléon I, Emperor of the French.

Ships named Napoléon

Corse (1850), a steam aviso, bore the name before being commissioned in the French Navy.^[1]
Napoléon (1850), the first purpose-built steam battleship in the world.^[2]

Ships of the French Navy named Napoléon

Model of Corse (ex-Napoléon) on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris

Detail of The Napoleon at the 1852 Naval Review in Toulon by Barthélemy Lauvergne showing Napoléon (1850)

Notes and References

Notes

References

↑ Roche, vol.1, p.130
↑ Roche, vol.1, p.322

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. 322. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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