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French Ship Napoléon
Two ships of the French Navy have borne the name ''Napoléon'' in honour of Napoléon I * (1850), a steam aviso, bore the name before being commissioned in the French Navy * (1850), the first purpose-built steam battleship in the world See also * List of French privateers named for Napoleon Bonaparte Several privateers during the Age of Sail were named for Napoleon Bonaparte: * ''Buonoparte'' was a 16-gun privateer, commissioned in Brest in 1796 with 137 to 167 men and 16 guns. captured her on 24 October 1796 South of Ireland. ''Buonoparte'' ... * ''Napoléon''-class ship of the line, of the French Navy * Napoleon (ship), various ships {{DEFAULTSORT:Napoleon, French Ship French Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Navy
The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces in the world recognised as being a blue-water navy. The French Navy is capable of operating globally and conducting expeditionary missions, maintaining a significant Standing French Navy Deployments, overseas presence. The French Navy is one of eight naval forces currently operating Fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing aircraft carriers,Along with the United States Navy, U.S., Royal Navy, U.K., People's Liberation Army Navy, China, Russian Navy, Russia, Italian Navy, Italy, Indian Navy, India, and Spanish Navy, Spain with its flagship being the only Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside the United States Navy, and one of two non-American vessels to use Aircraft catapult, catapults to launch aircraft. Founded in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoléon I
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career of Napoleon, a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He led the French First Republic, French Republic as French Consulate, First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then ruled the First French Empire, French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814, and briefly again in 1815. He was King of Italy, King of Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic), Italy from 1805 to 1814 and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine from 1806 to 1813. Born on the island of Corsica to a family of Italian origin, Napoleon moved to mainland France in 1779 and was commissioned as an officer in the French Royal Army in 1785. He supported the French Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviso
An ''aviso'' was originally a kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication. The term, derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word for "advice", "notice" or "warning", an ''aviso'', was later adopted by the French and Portuguese navies to classify their medium-sized warships designed for colonial service. The term continued to be used in the French Navy to classify the patrol frigates until 2012, when the remaining ships of the class were reclassified as offshore patrol ships. It is equivalent to the modern use of " sloop" in other countries. Description The ''Dictionnaire de la Marine Française 1788–1792'' (by Nicolas-Charles Romme) describes ''avisos'' as "small boats designed to carry orders or dispatches". By the late 19th century, an aviso could be of several hundred tons displacement. Usually very lightly armed and often not significantly faster than battleships or cruisers, the aviso was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battleship
A battleship is a large, heavily naval armour, armored warship with a main battery consisting of large naval gun, guns, designed to serve as a capital ship. From their advent in the late 1880s, battleships were among the largest and most formidable weapon systems ever built, until they were surpassed by aircraft carriers beginning in the 1940s. The modern battleship traces its origin to the sailing ship of the line, which was developed into the steam ship of the line and soon thereafter the ironclad warship. After a period of extensive experimentation in the 1870s and 1880s, ironclad design was largely standardized by the British , which are usually referred to as the first "pre-dreadnought battleships". These ships carried an armament that usually included four large guns and several medium-caliber guns that were to be used against enemy battleships, and numerous small guns for self-defense. Naval powers around the world built dozens of pre-dreadnoughts in the 1890s and early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of French Privateers Named For Napoleon Bonaparte
Several privateers during the Age of Sail were named for Napoleon Bonaparte: * ''Buonoparte'' was a 16-gun privateer, commissioned in Brest in 1796 with 137 to 167 men and 16 guns. captured her on 24 October 1796 South of Ireland. ''Buonoparte'' was the former packet ''King George'', probably the one captured in 1794. * ''Bonaparte'' was a privateer commissioned in Dunkirk in December 1796 under Jean Meulenaer, with 24 men and 10 to 15 guns. After a first cruise between December 1796 and January 1797, she sortied again in February with a 110-man crew. HMS ''Espion'' and ''Martin'' captured her on 14 February 1797. * ''Buonaparte'' was a 32-tonne privateer cutter commissioned in Saint-Malo in 1797 under F. Roussel, with 32 men and 3 guns. captured her in the Caribbean circa June 1797. * ''Bonaparte'' was a lugger requisitioned at Anconna in March 1797 and commissioned in the French Navy as an aviso with six 6-pounders. She was last mentioned while at Bonifacio in April 1799. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoléon-class Ship Of The Line
The ''Napoléon'' class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line of the French Navy, and the first type of ship of the line designed from the start to incorporate a steam engine. Designed by Henri Dupuy de Lôme, the prototype ''Napoléon'' displayed such outstanding performances during her trials that a production series was immediately ordered, yielding the ''Algésiras'' sub-class. Furthermore, construction of the two ''Bretagne'' class 130-gun ships was interrupted: ''Desaix'', whose construction had only just started, was cancelled altogether and replaced with , while was dismantled and entirely rebuilt on principles heralded by ''Napoléon''. Further improvements to the ''Algésiras'' type yielded the ''Ville de Nantes'' sub-class. The "swift ships of the line" of the ''Napoléon'' class were initially considered of the 3rd rank, behind the 120-gun first rank ships of the and and the 2nd rank 100-gun ships of the , and on par with the 90-gun ; however, in practice, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon (other)
Napoleon (1769–1821) was a French military leader and emperor. Napoleon, Napoléon, Napoleón, Napoleone, or Napoleonic may also refer to: * Napoleon (given name), a given name, including list of people and characters with the name * Napoleone, an Italian masculine given name Fictional characters * Napoleon (''Animal Farm''), the main antagonist of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' * Napoleon, a bloodhound in ''The Aristocats'' * Napoleon, a character in '' My Uncle Napoleon'' * Napoleon, a nickname given to Captain Mainwaring by Chief ARP Warden Hodges in ''Dad's Army'' Film, stage, and television * ''Napoléon'' (1927 film), a French silent film by Abel Gance * ''Napoleon'' (1951 film), an Italian film by Carlo Borghesio * ''Napoléon'' (1955 film), a French historical epic by Sacha Guitry * ''Napoleon'' (1995 film), an Australian film by Mario Andreacchio * ''Napoleon'' (''Heroes and Villains'' episode), an episode of 2007 British drama-documentary series, ''Heroes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
