French ship Républicain explained

Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Républicain ("Revolutionary"):

• , a 110-gun ship of the line, was renamed Républicain in 1792.
• , a 20-gun corvette (1793–1794)
• , a 10-gun lugger (1793–1796)
• , a fluyt (1795)
• , a, bore the name between 1795 and 1796
• , a 110-gun, was renamed Républicain in 1797.

Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Républicaine ("Revolutionary"):

• Républicaine, a 4-gun felucca (1793–1799) http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=2183
• , a 24-gun (1794–1799)
• Républicaine, a lugger (1794–1795)
• , an 18-gun corvette
• , an 18-gun fluyt
• , a 32-gun (1794–1796)

Two ships of the French Navy have borne the name République française:

• , a 120-gun ship of the line
• République française (1795), a tartane

The frigate was started as République italienne