French ship Aurore
list of ships with the same or similar names
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Aurore ("Aurora"):
Ships named Aurore
Sibylle (1666), a 6-gun frigate, bore the name Aurore during her career
Aurore (1670), a 10-gun frigate
Aurore (1689), a 20-gun frigate
Aurore (1697), a 24-gun frigate
Aurore (1699), a 44-gun ship of the line
Aurore (1725), a frigate
Aurore (1735), a ship of the line
Aurore (1745), a 50-gun frigate
Aurore (1767), a 6-gun yacht, also known as Petite Aurore
Aurore (1768), a 34-gun frigate
Aurore (1779), a fluyt
Aurore (1786), a 14-gun storeship
Artémise (1794), a 32-gun Magicienne-class frigate, bore the name Aurore during her career
Aurore (1799), a 16-gun Mutine-class corvette. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1799 and took her into service as HMS Charwell
Aurore (1803), a schooner
Aurore (1807), a schooner
Aurore (1810), a 32-gun frigate captured from Holland
Aurore (1828), a sloop
Adrienne (1809), a 46-gun frigate, bore the name Aurore during her career
Aurore (1860), a schooner
Aurore (1939), an auxiliary patrol boat
Aurore (Q192), a submarine launched in 1939, lead ship of her class.
See also
Aurore-class submarine
HMS Aurora
Notes and references
References
Bibliography
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 372–373. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6.
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