Chief of Staff of the French Navy: The Chief of the Naval Staff (French: Chef d’état-major de la Marine, acronym: CEMM) is a French general officer, adviser to the Chief of the Defence Staff for the French Navy and responsible to the Minister of the ... [89%] 2024-10-02 [Military of France] [French military staff]...
French of France: French of France (French: français de France [fʁɑ̃sɛ də fʁɑ̃s]) is the predominant variety of the French language in France, Andorra and Monaco, in its formal and informal registers. It has, for a long time, been associated with Standard French. (French language dialect) [86%] 2024-11-02 [French language] [Languages of France]...
Ranks in the French Navy: The rank insignia of the French Navy (French: Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. Until 2005, only commissioned officers had an anchor on their insignia, but ... (None) [84%] 2024-09-22 [French Navy officers] [Military ranks of France]...
French frigate Melpomène (1828): Melpomène was a Surveillante class 60-gun first rank frigate of the French Navy. Melpomène was commissioned in March 1830, in time to take part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830, and was decommissioned on 28 October after the ... (1828) [83%] 2023-02-09 [Age of Sail frigates of France] [Frigates of the French Navy]...
French Frigate Shoals: French Frigate Shoals (hawaiano: Kānemilohaʻi), è il più grande atollo delle isole Hawaii nordoccidentali. Il suo nome significa "banchi di sabbia della fregata francese" e ricorda l'esploratore francese Jean-François de La Pérouse che fu vicino a perdere due fregate quando ... [83%] 2023-07-28
French frigate Justice (1794): Courageuse was a 40-gun Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy, completed in 1794 and renamed Justice in April 1795. The British and Ottomans captured her in 1801 at the siege of Alexandria and she became a prize to ... (1794) [83%] 2023-05-06 [Virginie-class frigates] [Ships built in France]...
French frigate Vendémiaire: Vendémiaire is a Floréal-class frigate (French: frégate de surveillance) of the French Navy. She is the fifth ship of the class, and is named after Vendémiaire, the first month of the Republican Calendar. [83%] 2023-07-12 [Floréal-class frigates] [1992 ships]...
French frigate Valeureuse (1798): Valeureuse was a 40-gun Valeureuse-class (modified Seine-class frigate) frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1798 and so damaged in a storm in 1806 that she was sold for breaking up. Valeureuse took part in the Atlantic ... (1798) [83%] 2023-03-05 [Valeureuse-class frigates] [Age of Sail frigates of France]...
French frigate Sémillante (1791): The Sémillante (French: "Shiny" or "Sparkling") was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was involved in a number of multi-vessel actions against the Royal Navy, particularly in the Indian Ocean. (1791) [83%] 2022-12-08 [Sémillante-class frigates] [Ships built in France]...
French frigate Galathée (1779): Galathée (or Galatée) was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. In February 1780, Galathée escorted convoys in the Bay of Biscay, along with Hermione. (1779) [83%] 2023-11-21 [Galathée-class frigates] [1779 ships]...
French frigate Médée (1741): Médée was a French frégate du deuxième ordre, or 26-gun frigate, built in 1740. She is widely considered to be the inspiration for a long line of similar sailing frigates, and was the first ship captured by the British ... (1741) [83%] 2022-10-02 [1741 ships] [Sailing frigates of the French Navy]...
French frigate Forte (1794): Forte was a French 42-gun frigate, lead ship of her class. Launched on 26 September 1794 and commissioned two months later under Commander Beaulieu-Leloup, Forte was part of a large frigate squadron under contre-amiral Sercey, also comprising ... (1794) [83%] 2023-08-20 [Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy] [Ships built in France]...