Four ships of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in th ...
have been named ''Dupleix'' in honour of the 18th century Governor of Pondichéry and ''Gouverneur Général'' of the French possessions in India
marquess
A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman ...
Joseph François Dupleix
Joseph Marquis Dupleix (23 January 1697 – 10 November 1763) was Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive.
Biography
Dupleix was born in Landrecies, on January 23, 1697. His father, François Dupleix, a wealthy ''fermier g� ...
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* A , a corvette (1856–1887) famous for her involvement in the Japanese revolution
* , a 7,700-tonne armoured cruiser (1900–1919)
* , a 10,000-tonne cruiser (1929–1942)
* The present is a
F70 type anti-submarine frigate
At least three French merchant ships have also borne the name:
* A steamship of 1,409 tons, which operated between Sydney and Noumea between 1883 and 1889, when it was sold, and renamed ''Jubilee''.
* A three-masted
barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, b ...
(1901–1917) sunk by the German commerce raider ''Seeadler'' on the 5 March 1917
* A cargo ship (1914–1942) sunk in the Pacific by a Japanese submarine
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French Navy ship names