French ship Napoléon explained

Two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Napoléon in honour of Napoléon I

• (1850), a steam aviso, bore the name before being commissioned in the French Navy
• (1850), the first purpose-built steam battleship in the world

See also

• List of French privateers named for Napoleon Bonaparte
• Napoléon-class ship of the line, of the French Navy
• Napoleon (ship), various ships