French ship Robuste explained

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

Ships named Robuste

• 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.
• Robuste (1793), a 20-gun corvette
• Robuste (1794), a merchantman requisitioned as a transport
• Robuste (1806), a 80-gun ship of the line
• Robuste (1811), a stone-carrying barge
• Robuste (1828), a transport
• Robuste (1861), a steam paddle tug.
• Robuste (1865), a sail transport.
• 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
• Robuste (1960), a coastal tug

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. 372–373.
• 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. 250.

Notes and References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.384
2. Roche, vol.2, p.424
3. Roche, vol.2, p.425