French ship Borée

Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Borée, in honour of Boreas.

French ships named Borée
  • Borée (1735), a 64-gun ship of the line[1]
  • Borée (1787), a Téméraire-class ship of the line[1]
  • Borée (1805), a Téméraire-class ship of the line built on an updated design sometimes called Borée class.[1]
  • Borée (1901), a Cyclone-class destroyer[2]
  • Mistral (1901) (1901), an armoured Cyclone-class destroyer, briefly bore the name at the end of her career[3]
  • Borée (1990), a patrol boat of the French customs [2]
Ships of the French Navy named Borée
  • Portrait of Borée on 12 April 1807, by Antoine Roux
  • Portrait of Borée (1901) by Marius Bar
  • Portrait of Mistral (1901) by Marius Bar
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Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. Roche, vol.1, p.79
    2. Roche, vol.2, p.80
    3. Roche, vol.2, p.347

    Bibliography
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 79. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 80. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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