French ship Borda
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Five ships of the French Navy
have born the name Borda in honour of Jean-Charles de Borda
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French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have born the name Borda in honour of Jean-Charles de Borda
Jean-Charles de Borda
Jean-Charles, chevalier de Borda was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor.-Life history:...
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- A 10-gun brigBrigA brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
(1834 - 1849) - The Borda (1807-1884), a 110-gun ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
- The Borda (1849-1891), a 120-gun ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
- The BordaFrench ship Borda (1864)The Borda was a 90-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.She was built from 1853 to 1863 in Rochefort as Intrépide. By the time she was completed, technology has elvolved so much that she was already obsolete, and she had to be transformed before she was launched...
(1864-1889) - The hydrographicHydrographyHydrography is the measurement of the depths, the tides and currents of a body of water and establishment of the sea, river or lake bed topography and morphology. Normally and historically for the purpose of charting a body of water for the safe navigation of shipping...
ship Borda (A792), presently in service