Several ships of the
French Navy
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have been named ''Casabianca''.
Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca
Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca (; 7 February 1762 – 1 August 1798) was an officer of the French Navy in the 18th century. He was killed at the Battle of the Nile.
Career
Casabianca distinguished himself in the Royal French Navy, was a depu ...
was a French naval officer, killed at the
Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; french: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the ...
in 1798 during the
French Revolutionary Wars
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.
* ''Casabianca'' was an armed
djerme on the Nile in 1798.
* ''Casabianca'' was a paddle-wheel
aviso
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The term, derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word for "advice", "notice" or "warning", an '' ...
between 1859 and 1877.
* was a aviso between 1895 and 1915.
* was a launched in 1936 and scrapped in 1952.
* was a launched in 1954 and scrapped in 1983.
* is a
nuclear
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attack submarine
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launched in 1984 and currently in service.
* is the 6th planned nuclear attack submarine.
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French Navy ship names