French ship Bretagne

Six of ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of the region of Brittany.

Ships named Bretagne

• , a 110-gun three-decker ship of the line
• , a 130-gun steam and sail three-decker
• , a 90-gun , was renamed Bretagne when she replaced the 1855 Bretagne as a school ship.
• , a 90-gun , was renamed Bretagne when she replaced the ex-Ville de Bordeaux as a school ship.
• , a battleship, lead ship of her class, sunk at Mers-el-Kebir
• (2016), a European multi-mission frigate (FREMM) of the French Navy
• , originally ordered as Bretagne in 1979, but renamed before commissioning in 1981.

See also

• - several ships named Bretagne, including
• , an 1886 ocean liner for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
• , a 1951 ocean liner; rechristened SS Brittany in 1962. Destroyed by fire in 1963
• MV Bretagne (1989), a ferry-boat operated by Brittany Ferries

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