French ship Pluton

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Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Pluton in honour of the Roman god Pluto.

Ships named Pluton[]

• Pluton (1778), a 74-gun ship of the line built at Cherbourg in 1778 which fought at the Battle of the Saintes in the American War of Independence and was renamed Dugommier in 1797.^[1]
• Pluton (1804), a 74-gun ship of the line built at Toulon in 1804 which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar under captain Julien Cosmao.^[2]
• Marengo (1810) , a ship of the line was renamed Pluton from 1866 to 1873.^[2]
• (1839–1854), a wheeled corvette.^[2]
• Marengo (1810) (1810—1873), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line, bore the name as a prison hulk.^[2]
• (1910–1923), a minelayer
• Pluton (1927–1939), a minelayer cruiser
• , a combat diver ship which supports the Naval Commandos.

See also[]

• HMS Pluto
• (1801), a privateer cutter

Notes and references[]

References

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 372–373. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

Further reading

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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