French ship Jeanne d'Arc

French ship Jeanne d'Arc

A number of ships of the French Navy have bourne the name "Jeanne d'Arc", in honour of Joan of Arc. Among them

* A 52-gun frigate (1820-1834) built in Brest. She was the flasghip of the Caribbean squadron.
* A 42-gun frigate (1837-1865), commissioned in 1852. She took part in the Crimean War. Renamed "Prudente" in 1865, decommissioned in 1898
* "Jeanne d'Arc", An armoured corvette (1867-1885) built in Cherbourg
* "Jeanne d'Arc", a cruiser built in 1901
* "Jeanne d'Arc", a light cruiser built in 1930
* "Jeanne d'Arc" (R 97), the contemporary helicopter cruiserSince 1912, it is a tradition of the French Navy that the main school ship for officers be named "Jeanne d'Arc".


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