Twelve vessels 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 ''Auguste'' ("August", or
Augustus
Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...
):
Ships
* , a six-gun
fire ship
A fire ship or fireship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, or gunpowder deliberately set on fire and steered (or, when possible, allowed to drift) into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy sh ...
.
[Roche, vol.1, pp. 56-57]
* , a 56-gun
ship of the line.
* (1708), a 56-gun ship of the line.
* , a 50-gun ship of the line.
* , an 80-gun ship of the line.
* , a 24-gun
corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
.
* ''Auguste'' was a 4-gun brigantine commissioned in the Mediterranean in 1793 or 1794 that the British
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
captured at
Calvi on 10 August 1794.
* , a
brig.
* , a 6-gun brig.
* , a
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-ste ...
.
* , an 80-gun ship of the line.
* ''Auguste'' was a French gunboat of two guns and 37 men that captured on 24 August 1814.
See also
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*
*
* (1939), an armed trawler.
[Roche, vol.2, p.57]
* (1915), an armed trawler.
* (1915), a hired ship.
* (1915), a hired ship.
Notes, citations, and references
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French Navy ship names