Thirteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Robuste ("Robust"):

Ships named Robuste edit

  • Robuste (1758), a 74-gun ship of the line, condemned in 1783 and taken to pieces in 1784. [1]
  • Robuste (1784), a pontoon in Lorient harbour.[1]
  • Robuste (1793), a 20-gun corvette [1]
  • Robuste (1794), a merchantman requisitioned as a transport[1]
  • Robuste (1806), a 80-gun ship of the line [1]
  • Robuste (1811), a stone-carrying barge [1]
  • Robuste (1828), a transport[1]
  • Robuste (1861), a steam paddle tug.[1]
  • Robuste (1865), a sail transport.[1]
  • Robuste (1913), a tug[2]
  • Robuste II (1915), an armed sloop.[3]
  • Robuste (1944), a tug, formerly USS YTL-157, which served most of her career in Toulon as Mésange [3]
  • Robuste (1960), a coastal tug[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Roche, vol.1, p.384
  2. ^ a b Roche, vol.2, p.424
  3. ^ a b Roche, vol.2, p.425

Bibliography 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. pp. 372–373. 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. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.