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French Ship Amazone
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name ''Amazone'' ("Amazon"): Ships named ''Amazone'' * , a galley . * , a galley. * , an ''Ambitieuse'' class ordinary galley. * , a 38-gun frigate. * , a 36-gun frigate. * , a galley . * , a 32-gun ''Iphigénie''-class frigate . * , a tartane. * , a 40-gun ''Junon''-class frigate . * , a 52-gun frigate . * , a frigate captured from Portugal during the Battle of the Tagus. * , a steam and sail transport. * , an launched in 1916 and stricken in 1932. * a launched in 1931 and stricken in 1946. * , an launched in 1958 and stricken in 1980. Ships with similar names * , an auxiliary cruiser . Notes and references Notes References Bibliography * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amazone, French Ship French Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world, ranking seventh in combined fleet tonnage and fifth in number of naval vessels. The French Navy is one of eight naval forces currently operating fixed-wing aircraft carriers,Along with the U.S., U.K., China, Russia, Italy, India and Spain with its flagship being the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside the United States Navy, and one of two non-American vessels to use catapults to launch aircraft. Founded in the 17th century, the French Navy is one of the oldest navies still in continual service, with precursors dating back to the Middle Ages. It has taken part in key events in French history, including the Napoleonic Wars and both world wars, and played a critical role in establishing and securing the French colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iphigénie Class Frigate
''Iphigénie'' is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by the French playwright Jean Racine. It was first performed in the Orangerie in Versailles on August 18, 1674, as part of the fifth of the royal ''Divertissements de Versailles'' of Louis XIV to celebrate the conquest of Franche-Comté. Later in December it was triumphantly revived at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, home of the royal troupe of actors in Paris. With Iphigénie, Racine returned once again to a mythological subject, following a series of historical plays (''Britannicus'', ''Bérénice'', '' Bajazet'', ''Mithridate''). On the shores at Aulis, the Greeks prepare their departure for an attack on Troy. The gods quell the winds for their journey and demand the sacrifice of Iphigénie, daughter of Agamemnon, King of the Greeks. As in the original version of the play by Euripides, '' Iphigenia in Aulis'', the morally strongest character in the play is not Agamemnon, a pusillanimous leader, but Ip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junon Class Frigate
The ''Gloire''-class frigate was a type of 18-pounder 40-gun frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ..., designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait in 1802. They were built on the specifications of the ''Pensée'' (sometimes also called ''Junon'' class). Netmarine.net Ships in class * :Builder: Basse-Indre :Ordered: :Launched: 20 July 1803 :Completed: :Fate: captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS ''Gloire''. * :Builder:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Tagus
The Battle of the Tagus was a naval engagement that took place on 11 July 1831 at the mouth of the Tagus river, in Portugal. A French fleet attacked and subdued Portuguese fortifications at the entrance of the Tagus, with the aim to strong-arm the government of Miguel I into recognising the newly established Kingdom of the French. The damage to the forts defending access to the Tagus and the arrival of French warships at Lisbon forced the Portuguese to cave in and comply with French demands. Background The accession of King Miguel I to the throne of Portugal and abolition of the Constitutional Charter had put the country under the rule of an absolutist monarch. Liberals challenged his rule, and the struggle of the Liberal Wars ensued. The government of Miguel I was hostile to France, and became even more so when the popular insurrection of the July Revolution deposed the absolutist Bourbon king Charles X, and established a constitutional monarchy in which Louis-Philippe had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
