Four ships of the
French Navy
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have been named in honour of
Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, considered to be one of the founders of the French Navy.
Ships
* (1873), a
central battery ironclad.
[Roche, vol.2, p.423][In French Navy parlance, an " armoured frigate" ("''frégate cuirassée''").]
* (1915), an auxiliary, -like, patrol boat.
* (1939), a
fast battleship
A fast battleship was a battleship which in concept emphasised speed without undue compromise of either armor or armament. Most of the early World War I-era dreadnought battleships were typically built with low design speeds, so the term "fast ba ...
.
* was originally to have been named ''Richelieu''.
*
French aircraft carrier PA2 (now cancelled) would potentially have been named ''Richelieu''.
Notes and references
Notes
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French Navy ship names
Cardinal Richelieu