French ship Andromaque explained

Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Andromaque in honour of Andromache, wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes.

Ships

• Andromaque (1778), a 40-gun Nymphe-class frigate.^[1]
• Andromaque (1797), a galley, captured from the Venetians.
• Andromaque (1811), a 44-gun frigate.
• Andromaque (1841), a 56-gun frigate.
• (1915), an launched in 1915 and struck in 1926.^[2]
• Andromaque (1939, Q203), an Aurore-class submarine. Never finished
• Andromaque (1939), an auxiliary patrol boats, formerly the tug Fourmi I.

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 41.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 2. 39.

Notes and References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.41
2. Roche, vol.2, p.39