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
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Model of Corse (ex-Napoléon) on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
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Detail of The Napoleon at the 1852 Naval Review in Toulon by Barthélemy Lauvergne showing Napoléon (1850)
Notes and References
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Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 322. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.