Casabianca

• Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca, a French Navy officer who was lost with his ship, L'Orient rather than be captured at the Abukir. His 12-year old son sacrificed himself with him.
  • Casabianca is a poem written in the early 19th century by British poet Felicia Hemans about Luc Casabianca.
• Raphaël, Comte de Casabianca, a French general under Napoleon, was the uncle of the above.
• Casabianca is a commune of the Haute-Corse département in France, on the island of Corsica (from where Raphaël and Luc Casabianca came).
• Camille de Casabianca, a descendant of Luc, is a French filmmaker and writer.
• A number of vessels of the French Navy are named after Luc Casabianca:
  • The Casabianca, the famous submarine which joined the Free French Forces during the Second World War, notably liberating Corsica.
  • A T 47 class destroyer that operated from 1957 to 1984.
  • The Casabianca, a contemporary nuclear attack submarine.

See also

Casablanca (disambiguation)