French ship Foudre
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Foudre may refer to one of the following ships of the French Navy
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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...
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- A gunboat (1760-1768)
- A gunboat (1795-1795)
- A 6-gun gunboat (1798-1799)
- A gunboat (1804)
- A steam and sail frigate (1856-1872)
- Foudre, originally built as a torpedo boat tender, but converted to the world's first seaplane carrier (1895-1921), a later assigned the NATO side number L9020 (1953-1969)
- Foudre (L 9011)Foudre (L 9011)The Foudre is an amphibious assault ship of the French Navy, the twelfth vessel to bear the name, and lead ship of her class.She served during the war in Yugoslavia, and has been the central element of Operation Licorne in Côte d'Ivoire....
, the lead shipLead shipThe lead ship or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable military ships and larger civilian craft.-Overview:...
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