Six ships of the French Navy have bourne the name ''Colbert'' in honour of Jean Baptiste Colbert : * , a French wheeled

corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...

, launched in 1848 * a French armoured

frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

, launched in 1877 ** , the class of the 1877 ''Colbert'' * , an auxiliary patrol boat (1915–1917) * , an auxiliary sail ship (1917) * a World War II French heavy cruiser, launched in 1928, destroyed in the Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in 1942 * , an anti-aircraft cruiser, launched in 1956

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