French ship Richelieu

Four ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, considered to be one of the founders of the French Navy.

Ships (1873), a central battery ironclad.Roche, vol.2, p.423In French Navy parlance, an "armoured frigate" ("frégate cuirassée"). (1915), an auxiliary, -like, patrol boat. (1939), a fast battleship. was originally to have been named Richelieu.Roche, vol.2, p.128 French aircraft carrier PA2 (now cancelled) would potentially have been named Richelieu.

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