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This list of museum ships is a comprehensive, sortable, annotated list of notable museum ships around the world. Replica ships are listed separately in the article on ship replicas . Ships that are not museum ships, but are still actively used for excursions are included in the list of classic vessels .
Pages in category "Museum ships in France" ... French submarine Alose (1904) French submarine Argonaute (S636) C. RV Calypso; D. Duchesse Anne; E. Entreprenant (1965)
This is a list of French ship Classes of World War II. This includes ship Classes used by the French Third Republic, Vichy France and Free France.The sections of the last are in chronological order with the first ships into service being first and the last ships into service being last. Due to there being three French factions in World War II I ...
A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small number of museum ships that are still operational and thus capable of regular movement. [1]
Pages in category "World War I naval ships of France" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... French submarine Louis Dupetit-Thouars;
Ranks in the French Navy; History; History of the French Navy; Future of the French Navy; Ensigns and pennants; Historic ships. Battleships; Cruisers; Destroyers; Submarines; Ships of the line; Sail frigates; Historic fleets; Awards; Cross of War; Military Medal; Legion of Honour; Ribbons
From 1905, ethnographic items were transferred to other museums, and in 1920, the administration of the Museum was transferred to the French Navy. In 1937, part of the Palais de Chaillot was devoted to harbouring the museum, which opened on 15 August 1943. From 1971, the museum became an autonomous body under the Ministry of Defence.
Brennus, built in the late 19th century, was the first pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. During this period, the French Navy experimented with the Jeune École, which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and cruisers instead of the expensive ironclad warships that had dominated naval construction in the 1860s and 1870s, and so the navy ordered a series of experimental designs to ...