French ship Colbert

French ship Colbert

Six ships of the French Navy have bourne the name "Colbert" in honour of Jean Baptiste Colbert :

*a French wheeled corvette, launched in 1848
*a French armoured frigate, launched in 1877
*an auxiliary patrol boat (1915 - 1917)
*an auxiliary sail ship (1917)
*a World War II French heavy cruiser, launched in 1928, destroyed in the Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in 1942
*a French anti-aircraft cruiser, launched in 1956


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