French ship Tourville

Several ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Anne Hilarion de Tourville. Among them:

• French ship Tourville (1788), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line (1790-1833)
• San Gennaro, a Spanish 86-gun ship of the line ceded to France, bore the name Tourville from 1811 to 1816
• French ship Tourville (1853), an 80-gun ship of the line (1853-1872)
• A cruiser built around 1870 and struck 1901
• An unbuilt Lyon-class battleship (1914)
• Tourville, a heavy cruiser (1928-1962)
• French frigate Tourville (D 610), a F67 type frigate.
• A Barracuda-class submarine is scheduled to bear the name

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(Marine Nationale)

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