French ship Tourville

French ship Tourville

Several ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Anne Hilarion de Tourville. Among them:
* "Tourville", a "Téméraire" class 74-gun ship of the line (1790-1833)
* "San Gennaro", a Spanish 86-gun ship of the line ceded to France, bore the name from 1811 to 1816
* "Tourville", a 80-gun ship of the line (1853-1872)
* An unbuilt "Lyon" class battleship (1914)
* The "Tourville", a heavy cruiser (1928-1962)
* The "Tourville" (D 610), a F67 type frigate.
* A "Barracuda" type submarine is scheduled to bear the name


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