Three ships of the
French Navy
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have borne the name ''Brézé'' or ''Maillé Brézé'' in honour of admiral
Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
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* (1646–1665), a -gun
ship of the line
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* (named ''Brézé'' until January 1931), a destroyed in the accidental explosion of one of her torpedoes on 30 April 1940 in
Greenock
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* , , presently a
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Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Maillé-Brézé
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French Navy ship names