French ship Étoile

French ship Étoile

At least 15 ships of the French Navy have borne the name "Étoile" ("Star"). Among them
*A ship of the line. She was the first French ship to bear the name, and took part in the battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré on 26 October 1622.
*The "Étoile", a Fluyt which was part of the flotilla of Louis Antoine de Bougainville from 1767 to 1769.
* "Étoile", a 44-gun frigate captured by Britain and recommissioned as HMS "Topaze"
*The present-day "Étoile" (A 649), a training sailship of the Navy


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