French ship Jeanne d'Arc

Marine Nationale

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A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Jeanne d'Arc, in honour of Joan of Arc. They include the following ships:

• A 52-gun frigate (1820-1834) built in Brest. She was the flagship of the Caribbean squadron.
• A 42-gun frigate (1837-1865), commissioned in 1852. She took part in the Crimean War. Renamed Prudente in 1865, decommissioned in 1898
• Jeanne d'Arc, An armoured corvette (1867-1885) built in Cherbourg
• Jeanne d'Arc, a cruiser built in 1901
• Jeanne d'Arc, a light cruiser built in 1930
• Jeanne d'Arc (R 97), the contemporary helicopter cruiser

Since 1912, it has been a tradition of the French Navy that the main school ship for officers be named Jeanne d'Arc.