French ship Latouche-Tréville
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Three ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Latouche-Tréville in honour of the 19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville
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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 borne the name Latouche-Tréville in honour of the 19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville was a French admiral and a hero of the American Revolutionary War and of the Napoleonic wars.-Early life:...
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- a wooden propeller avisoAvisoAn aviso , a kind of dispatch boat or advice boat, survives particularly in the French navy, they are considered equivalent to the modern sloop....
(1860-1886). From 1860 to 1867 she was affacted to the division of the Pacific Ocean in Tahiti. She returned to Brest on the 27 January 1868 to be decommissioned on 23 February. The was recommissioned on the 4 October 1868, and served in Terre-NeuveTerre-NeuveTerre-Neuve can refer to these locations:* Terre-Neuve, Artibonite, a municipality in Haiti* Terre-Neuve, Saint Barthélemy, quartier of Saint Barthélemy* Newfoundland , in French is Terre-Neuve...
before being decommissioned on the 15 October 1870. She entered active service again on the 15 April 1873 to serve in the South Atlantic. She took part in the operations against Tunisia from September 1881, until she was decommissioned on the 11 February 1882. She was struck on the 1 April 1886. (695 tonnes (684 long tons); length: 53 metres; width 8.32 metres; draught 3.76 metres; Propulsion: steam engine, 150 hp; Armament: two 30-pounders, and later four 12-pounders and 14-pounders; Complement: 65 men in 1860, 88 from 1879)
- Latouche-TrévilleFrench armoured cruiser Latouche-TrévilleLatouche-Tréville was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville.Built in Le Havre by the Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée and launched on 8 October 1892, Latouche-Tréville served as a school ship of the École Navale, before...
(1894), an armoured cruiser - Latouche-TrévilleFS Latouche-TrévilleLatouche-Tréville is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. She is the third French vessel named after the 18-19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville....
, a F70 typeGeorges Leygues class frigateThe Georges Leygues class is a class of anti-submarine frigates of the French Navy. They are polyvalent , due to their Exocet and Crotale missile complement, making them especially suitable for defence of strategic positions, demonstrations, or highseas escorts.The superstructures were built as to...
anti-submarine frigate (1984).