Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Scipion in honour of Scipio Africanus.
French ships named Scipion
- French ship Scipion (1778), a 74-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class (1779–1782)[1]
- French ship Scipion (1790), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line (1790–1793)[1]
- Saint-Esprit, an 80-gun ship of the line renamed Scipion in 1794, lead ship of her class (1766–1795)[1]
- French ship Scipion (1801), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line ordered in 1798 as Orient, renamed in 1801 and captured by the British in 1805[1]
- French ship Scipion (1813), an 80-gun ship of the line (1813–1846)[1]
Ships of the French Navy named Scipion
Citations
References
- 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. 408. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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