French ship Colbert

French Navy
(Marine Nationale)

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

• French corvette Colbert, a French wheeled corvette, launched in 1848
• French ironclad Colbert a French armoured frigate, launched in 1877
  • Colbert-class ironclad, the class of the 1877 Colbert
• French boat Colbert (1915), an auxiliary patrol boat (1915 - 1917)
• French ship Colbert (1917), an auxiliary sail ship (1917)
• French cruiser Colbert (1928) a World War II French heavy cruiser, launched in 1928, destroyed in the Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in 1942
• French cruiser Colbert (C611), an anti-aircraft cruiser, launched in 1956

See also

• Colbert (disambiguation)