French ship Richelieu

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Four ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal and Duc de Richelieu, considered to be one of the founders of the French Navy.

Ships

• Richelieu (1873), a central battery ironclad.^{[1][note 1]}
• Richelieu (1915), an auxiliary patrol boat.^[1]
• Richelieu (1939), a fast battleship.^[1]
• Charles De Gaulle, a nuclear aircraft carrier was originally named Richelieu.^[1][2]
• The projected new French aircraft carrier, if it is indeed built, may be named Richelieu.^[3]

Ships of the French Navy named Richelieu
Ironclad Richelieu (1873)  The Tanche, similar to the auxiliary submarine hunter Richelieu  The battleship Richelieu (1939)  The nuclear carrier Charles De Gaulle

Notes and References

Notes

1. In French Navy parlance, an "armoured frigate" ("frégate cuirassée").

References

1. Roche, vol.2, p.423
2. Roche, vol.2, p.128

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 423. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.