French ship Bouvet

French ship Bouvet

Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name "Bouvet" in honour of François Joseph Bouvet :
* A dispatch boat launched in 1865 and sunk near Haiti in 1871
* A dispatch boat launched in 1876, struck in 1891
* A battleship, the "Bouvet"
* An auxiliary of the FNFL during the Second World War
* A Fleet Escort (ranking destroyer), the "Bouvet", launched in 1951 and struck in 1982.


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