French ship Le Malin
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Four ships 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...

 have born the name Le Malin ("clever one" in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, or alternatively "the naugthy" or "the devil").
  • A cutter (1780-1786)
  • A cutter (1795-1803)
  • A large destroyer of the Le Fantasque
    Le Fantasque (1935)
    The Fantasque was a large destroyer of the French Navy which served during the Second World War...

    type (1931-1964)
  • The present Malin is a support ship from which the Commando Hubert
    French commando frogmen
    France has a large commando frogman tradition. Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a naval officer in World War II and helped much to set up France's commando frogmen...

    operates.
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