Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Espoir, in honour of hope.
French ship named Espoir
edit- Espoir (1788), a Hasard-class brig-sloop (brig-aviso in French nomenclature)[1]
- Espoir (1795), a storeship[1]
- Espoir (1939), a police patrol boat[2]
- Espoir (Q167, 1931), a Redoutable-class submarine[2]
Ships of the French Navy named Espoir
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Espoir and Liguria, with Gibraltar in the background. Aquatint by Nicholas Pocock, 1801
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editBibliography
edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 183. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 197. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.