French ship Alexandre

A number of French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Alexandre in honour of Alexander the Great:

Ships named Alexandre

• Alexandre (1771), an Artésien-class 64-gun ship of the line[1]
• Alexandre (1782), a brig, formerly the British privateer Alexander[1]
• Jemmapes (1794), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, was laid down as Alexandre before being renamed.[1]
• Alexandre (1794), formerly HMS Alexander, built in 1778 and captured in the action of 6 November 1794
• Indivisible (1799), a Tonnant-class 80-gun ship of the line, was renamed Alexandre on 5 February 1803.[1]
• Donawerth (1854), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line, was started as Alexandre in 1827[1][2]
• Alexandre (1846), a Nil-class packet steamer[1]
• Alexandre (1857), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line[3]

Ships of the French Navy named Alexandre

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  Portrait of Alexandre (1857) as a gunnery school ship, her engine removed after 1873. by François Roux.

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. Roche, vol. 1, p. 33.
2. Roche, vol. 1, p. 154.
3. Roche, vol. 1, p. 34.

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.