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Tourville - Brest 2008-2
Tourville is a placename and derived surname of French origin which may refer to: People * Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642–1701), French naval commander * Camille Tourville (1927–1985), Canadian professional wrestler * Charles Bertin Gaston Chapuis de Tourville (1740–1809), French general * Glen Tourville, American soccer player and coach * Henri de Tourville (1842–1905), French priest and sociologist * Lester Tourville, fictional character in the Honorverse * Rodolphe Tourville (1867–1927), Canadian politician Places Australia * Cape Tourville, Tasmania ** Cape Tourville Lighthouse * Tourville and Murat Bays Important Bird Area, South Australia Canada * Tourville, Quebec France * Tourville-sur-Arques * Tourville-en-Auge * Tourville-la-Campagne * Tourville-la-Chapelle * Tourville-les-Ifs * Tourville-sur-Odon * Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer * Tourville-la-Rivière * Tourville-sur-Sienne Tourville-sur-Sienne () is a commune in the Manche department Department may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hilarion De Tourville
Anne-Hilarion de Costentin, Comte de Tourville (24 November 1642, Paris – 23 May 1701) was a French Navy, French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV. He was made Marshal of France in 1693. Tourville is widely considered as one of the most celebrated admirals in French naval history and is usually counted as one of the greatest naval technicians of his time . Military career At age 17, as a Knights Hospitaller, Knight of Malta, he fought his first naval battle on a frigate of the Order of Malta. At 25, he joined the French Royal Navy and began an active career, fighting the 1673 campaign of the Franco-Dutch War on the ''French ship Sans Pareil, Sans-Pareil'', at the Battle of Agosta where he was in command of the ''Syrene'', and later in command of the ''Sceptre''. He served under Abraham Duquesne during the campaigns of 1676, and became a commander in 1690 during the War of the Grand Alliance. He flew his personal flag on the ''French ship Sole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-la-Campagne
Tourville-la-Campagne is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Eure department References Communes of Eure {{Eure-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Tourville (D 610)
''Tourville'' is the lead ship of Tourville-class frigate, F67 type large high-sea frigates of the French ''French Navy, Marine Nationale''. The vessel is specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though it also has anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. She is named after the 17th century admiral Count Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin de Tourville. Between 1994 and 1996, ''Tourville'' (and sister ship ) was refitted with the modern SLAMS anti-submarine system, an active Very Low Frequencies sonar. Career Varuna 10 ''Tourville '' was part of the French naval task group led by the that departed Toulon on 30 October 2010 for a four-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean. and Persian Gulf. Once on station, the ''Charles de Gaulle'' carrier task group joined two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups led by the Supercarrier, aircraft carriers and operating in the Persian Gulf. Subsequently, between 7–14 January 2011, the French carrier task group led by ''Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cruiser Tourville (1926)
''Tourville'' was the second ship of the cruisers of the French Navy. During the interwar period she served in the Mediterranean while taking periodic cruises to show the Flag. During the war she was on blockade duty in the mid Atlantic then the Mediterranean. She was interned for three years at Alexandria, rejoining the war effort in 1943. Again assigned to blockade duty in the Mid Atlantic at Dakar. Post war she aided in the restoration of French Colonial rule in French Indochina until placed in reserve in 1947. She remained in reserve until condemned for disposal in 1962. She was named to honour Anne-Hilarion de Costentien, comte de Tourville (1642 – 1701) who served with distinction under King Louis XIV. He fought against the British and Dutch at the battles of Beachy Head (French: Beveziers) and Barfluer. On the 27th of June 1693 defeated an English convoy commanded by George Rooke at Cape St Vincent and made Marshall of France. Design and description Under the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Tourville
Several ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Anne Hilarion de Tourville. Among them: * , a 74-gun ship of the line (1790-1833) * , a Spanish 86-gun ship of the line ceded to France, bore the name ''Tourville'' from 1811 to 1816 * , an 80-gun ship of the line (1853-1872) * , an unprotected cruiser An unprotected cruiser was a type of naval warship in use during the early 1870s Victorian or pre-dreadnought era (about 1880 to 1905). The name was meant to distinguish these ships from “protected cruisers”, which had become accepted in ... built in the 1870s * , a transport renamed ''Tourville'' in 1909 * An unbuilt (1914) * , a heavy cruiser (1928-1962) * , a F67 type frigate. * A Barracuda-class submarine is scheduled to bear the name {{DEFAULTSORT:Tourville, French Ship French Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-sur-Sienne
Tourville-sur-Sienne () is a commune in the Manche department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in Normandy in north-western France. See also * Communes of the Manche department References Tourvillesursienne {{Manche-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-la-Rivière
Tourville-la-Rivière () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming and light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine, some south of Rouen at the junction of the D144, D7 and the D13 roads. Junction 21 of the A13 autoroute is within the commune's borders. SNCF operates a TER rail service to the town. A huge new shopping centre was opened here in 2006. Heraldry Population Places of interest * The shopping centre. * The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century. * The seventeenth-century chateau of Tourville at Bédane, with a dovecote built in 1691 and a 15th-century chapel. * A seventeenth-century stone cross. * A Roman necropolis of 150 to 200 tombs with pottery and coins all discovered during the building of the SNCF railway. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer
Tourville-sur-Pont-Audemer (, literally ''Tourville on Pont-Audemer'') is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. Its name is derived from its founder Torf. Population See also *Communes of the Eure department The following is a list of the 585 communes of the Eure department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Eure {{Eure-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-sur-Odon
Tourville-sur-Odon (, literally ''Tourville on Odon'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Calvados department References Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-les-Ifs
Tourville-les-Ifs is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village in the Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D73 and D68 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century. * The sixteenth-century chateau des Ifs. * Traces of an eleventh-century castle. * The sixteenth-century priory. See also *Communes of the Seine-Maritime department The following is a list of the 708 communes of the French department of Seine-Maritime. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Seine-Maritime {{LeHavre-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-la-Chapelle
Tourville-la-Chapelle is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux Petit-Caux is a commune in the department of Seine-Maritime, northern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the 18 former communes of Saint-Martin-en-Campagne, Assigny, Auquemesnil, Belleville-sur-Mer, Berneval .... 26 November 2015 Geography A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some east of Diepp ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourville-en-Auge
Tourville-en-Auge (, literally ''Tourville in Auge'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Population See also * Communes of the Calvados department References Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
