French cruiser Amiral Cécille
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The Amiral Cécille was a protected cruiser of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
, named in honour of Jean-Baptiste Cécille
Jean-Baptiste Cécille
Jean-Baptiste Thomas Médée Cécille was a French Admiral and politician who played an important role in Asia.-Military career:...
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She replaced the Dubourdieu in the station of the Caribbean.
From 1907, she was used as a school ship
School ship
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is especially used for ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms....
for mechanics in Toulon.
Sources and references
- Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, Tome II, 1870–2006, LV Jean-Michel Roche, Imp. Rezotel-Maury Millau, 2005