Six ships of the

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 i ...

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 more masts. Luggers were widely used as working craft, particularly off the coasts of France, England, Ireland and Scotland. Luggers varied extensively ...

(1793–1796) * , a

fluyt A fluyt (archaic Dutch language, Dutch: ''fluijt'' "flute"; ) is a Dutch type of sailing ship, sailing vessel originally designed by the shipwrights of Hoorn as a dedicated ship transport, cargo vessel. Originating in the Dutch Republic in the 16 ...

(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 is a traditional wooden sailing boat with a single sail used in the Mediterranean, including around Malta and Tunisia. However, in Egypt, Iraq and Sudan (particularly along the Nile and in the Sudanese protected areas of the Red Sea), ...

(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 A tartane (also tartan, tartana) was a small ship used both as a fishing ship and for coastal trading in the Mediterranean. They were in use for over 300 years until the late 19th century. A tartane had a single mast on which was rigged a large ...

The frigate was started as ''République italienne''

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