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in French (pl : requins), may refer to :

Places

Great Requin River The Great Requin River is a river of Grenada. See also *List of rivers of Grenada This is a list of rivers of Grenada. Rivers in Grenada flow towards the Caribbean Sea, which surrounds the islands of Grenada. There are no rivers on the islands ...

, a river of Grenada * Little Requin River, a river of Grenada

People

* Édouard Réquin (1879–1953), French soldier * Steve Requin (born 1968), a Canadian cartoonist from Québec * Michèle Bernard-Requin (1943–2019), French lawyer and magistrate *

Abderrahim Chafay Abderrahim Chafay (born July 21, 1977) is a Moroccan-French Muay Thai kickboxer. Biography In 2011, Chafay challenged the reigning WAKO World Low Kick champion Salko Žildžić for the title. He defeated Salko through a second round KO. Cha ...

(born 1977; stagename ''Requin''), Moroccan-French Muay Thai kickboxer.

Ships

French ship Requin At least four 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 large ...

, a French Navy shipname *

Requin-class submarine The ''Requin''-class submarines were a class of nine diesel-electric attack submarines built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Most saw action during World War II for the Vichy French Navy or the Free French Naval Forces. Nine ships of this ty ...

, a class of submarines of French navy in the mid-1920s **

French submarine Requin (1924) The French submarine ''Requin'' was the lead ship of the s built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Laid down Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a cerem ...

USS Requin (SS-481) USS ''Requin'' (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-481) , a ''Tench''-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 it has been a museum ship aThe Carnegie Science Centerin Pittsburgh, Pe ...

, a United States Navy Tench-class submarine * a French submarine seized by Italy during World War II and converted into a

cargo submarine A merchant submarine is a type of submarine intended for trade, and being without armaments, it is not considered a warship like most other types of submarines. The intended use would be blockade running, or to dive under Arctic ice. Strictly ...

* − brig of the French Navy launched in 1794 that the British Royal Navy captured in 1795 and that was wrecked in 1801.

Entertainment

* ''The Shark'' (1930 film), French film originally released as ''Le Requin'' * ''

The Requin ''The Requin'' (released as ''From Below'' in the UK) is a 2022 American horror thriller film written and directed by Le-Van Kiet. Stranded at sea after a massive tropical storm, a woman and her injured husband fight for survival as great whit ...

'' (film), 2022 U.S. film

Other uses

Requins de l'Atlantique FC Requins de l'Atlantique Football Club is a football club of Benin, playing in the town of Cotonou. They play in the Beninese first division, the Benin Premier League. Achievements *Benin Premier League The Benin Premier League, also called ' ...

, a football club of Benin playing in the town of Cotonou