French ship Dupetit-Thouars

Six ships of the French navy have borne the name Dupetit-Thouars in honour of Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars, hero of the Battle of the Nile:

• A bomb longboat (1799)
• Dupetit-Thouars, a brig which served in the French intervention in Mexico (1828–1865)
• Dupetit-Thouars, a cruiser (1867–1897)
• Dupetit-Thouars, a Gueydon-class armoured cruiser (1901–1918)
• Louis Dupetit-Thouars, an O'Byrne-class submarine (1920–1928)
• Dupetit-Thouars (D625), a T 47-class destroyer (1956–1988)

French Navy
(Marine Nationale)

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