Six 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 ''Républicain'' ("Revolutionary"): * , a 110-gun ship of the line, was renamed ''Républicain'' in 1792. * , a 20-gun corvette (1793–1794) * , a 10-gun

lugger A lugger is a sailing vessel defined by its rig, using the lug sail on all of its one or several masts. They were widely used as working craft, particularly off the coasts of France, England, Ireland and Scotland. Luggers varied extensively i ...

(1793–1796) * , a fluyt (1795) * , a , bore the name between 1795 and 1796 * , a 110-gun , was renamed ''Républicain'' in 1797. Five ships of the

have borne the name ''Républicaine'' ("Revolutionary"): * ''Républicaine'', a 4-gun

felucca A felucca ( ar, فلوكة, falawaka, possibly originally from Greek , ) is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in the eastern Mediterranean—including around Malta and Tunisia—in Egypt and Sudan (particularly along the Nile and in protect ...

(1793–1799

* , a 24-gun (1794–1799) * ''Républicaine'', a lugger (1794–1795) * , an 18-gun corvette * , an 18-gun fluyt * , a 32-gun (1794–1796) Two ships of the

have borne the name ''République française'': * , a 120-gun ship of the line * ''République française'' (1795), a tartane The frigate was started as ''République italienne''

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