The D'Entrecasteaux class is a class of oceanic patrol ships of the French Navy. The ship's designation is Bâtiment multi-mission (B2M) in French, meaning...

Germinal (Floréal class) L'Astrolabe D'Entrecasteaux (D'Entrecasteaux class) Loire (Loire class) Commandant Bouan (D'Estienne d'Orves class) La Résolue (La...

to many, businesses and consumers in marketing D'Entrecasteaux-class patrol ship, a French Navy ship type designated as Bâtiment multi-mission (B2M)...

D'Entrecasteaux [dɑ̃.tʁə.kas.to] was a large protected cruiser built for the French Navy in the 1890s. The only vessel of her class, D'Entrecasteaux was...

decommissioned both its surviving County-class cruisers in 1949.  Belgian Navy returned its only cruiser, D'Entrecasteaux to France following the abolition of...

contingent include: the patrol and support vessel D'Entrecasteaux and Auguste Benebig, the lead ship of the Félix Éboué class of patrol vessels. The French...

20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon light AA guns. To enhance the ability of the ships to patrol the large areas for which they would be responsible, they were fitted...

Glorieuse was the fifth ship in the P400 class of patrol vessels within the French Navy. She was the last vessel of her class still in service with the...

state she was covering PQ 15’s passage by patrolling the Norwegian coast against a sortie by German capital ships, one of five submarines so assigned. These...

have anti-ship, land-attack and anti-air capabilities. The five La Fayette-class frigates are used primarily as presence ships, to patrol national and...

On 1 June, she was sent to relieve the Dido-class light cruiser Hermione on the Denmark Strait patrol route. After an uneventful assignment, she was...

forces, attack and ballistic missile submarines, frigates, patrol boats and support ships, with aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle serving as the centerpiece...

USS Grenadier (SS-210), a Tambor-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grenadier fish, relatives of cod that...

Gizo Island anchorage. Thence, she crossed the Solomon Sea to the D'Entrecasteaux Islands off Papua to impede the movement of enemy reinforcements into...

USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s...

USS Mackerel (SS-204), the lead ship of her class of submarines, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for the mackerel. Mackerel and her...

service and armed with eight 164.7-millimeter (6.5 in) guns, the three ships of the class were smaller and less powerfully armed than their predecessors. Dupleix...

Floréal-class frigate, Vendémiaire, the patrol and support vessel D'Entrecasteaux and Auguste Benebig, the lead ship of the Félix Éboué class of patrol vessels...

Besnard had become the naval minister, and he requested a sister ship to D'Entrecasteaux, which was rejected by the Chamber of Deputies in 1896. The following...

with Bougainville). On 25 September 1791, Rear Admiral Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux departed Brest in search of Lapérouse. His expedition followed Lapérouse's...

Washington, but found no opportunities to attack Allied ships. She discontinued her patrol on 9 February 1942 and headed for Kure, Japan, where she arrived...

capture. Nevertheless, she was raised by the Japanese and designated as Patrol Boat No. 107. She was sunk by American planes on 5 November 1944. Monocacy...

Eight SBDs were assigned as close-in anti-submarine patrol, and 16 fighters, eight from each ship, to the CAP (Lundstrom 2006, p. 183). Around 01:10,...

aboard the armored cruiser Dupetit-Thouars then the protected cruiser D'Entrecasteaux before being appointed in October 1907, ensign and maneuver officer...

December. In May 1939 she was modified to act as a torpedo depot ship and carried out patrols between 29 May and 7 November 1940. She was transferred to Camranh...

ironclad barbette ship built for the French Navy in the late 1870s and early 1880s. She was last member of the four-ship Terrible class. They were built...

Sims (DD-409) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship to be named for William...

convoy escort and patrol operations. In July 1940, Jackal took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, patrolling to protect the evacuation ships. Following Dunkirk...

HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy before World War II. Her first assignment after completion...

complement of between forty-four and sixty. U-573 conducted four war patrols, sinking just one ship. Her operational career began with her departure from Kiel on...