French ship Robuste

Thirteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Robuste ("Robust"):

Ships named Robuste

• Robuste (1758), a 74-gun ship of the line, condemned in 1783 and taken to pieces in 1784. [1]
• Robuste (1784), a pontoon in Lorient harbour.[1]
• Robuste (1793), a 20-gun corvette [1]
• Robuste (1794), a merchantman requisitioned as a transport[1]
• Robuste (1806), a 80-gun ship of the line [1]
• Robuste (1811), a stone-carrying barge [1]
• Robuste (1828), a transport[1]
• Robuste (1861), a steam paddle tug.[1]
• Robuste (1865), a sail transport.[1]

• Robuste (1913), a tug[2]
• Robuste II (1915), an armed sloop.[3]
• Robuste (1944), a tug, formerly USS YTL-157, which served most of her career in Toulon as Mésange [3]
• Robuste (1960), a coastal tug[2]

See also

• HMS Robust

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.384
2. Roche, vol.2, p.424
3. Roche, vol.2, p.425

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 372–373. 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. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.