Three ships of the
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 t ...
have borne the name ''Brézé'' or ''Maillé Brézé'' in honour of admiral
Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
Jean Armand de Maillé, Duke of Fronsac, Marquis of Brézé (18 October 1619 – 14 June 1646) was a French admiral.
He was born in Milly-le-Meugon, in one of the most powerful French families of the time; his father was Urbain de Maillé, Mar ...
:
* (1646–1665), a -gun
ship of the line.
* (named ''Brézé'' until January 1931), a destroyed in the accidental explosion of one of her torpedoes on 30 April 1940 in
Greenock
* , , presently a
museum ship
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Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Maillé-Brézé
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French Navy ship names