French ship Loire

Sixteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Loire, after the longest river in France:

• Loire (1668), a 6-gun flute
• Loire (1686), a 30-gun flute
• Loire (1720), a flute
• Loire (1780), a scow
• Loire (1796), a 44-gun frigate
• Loire (1803), a 20-gun flute, lead ship of her two-vessel her class; destroyed with her classmate in 1809 to avoid capture by the Royal Navy
• Loire (1809), a scow
• Loire (1814), a flute
• Loire (1840), a scow
• Loire (1855), a Dordogne class troopship
• Prince Jérôme (1854), a Hercule-class ship of the line, was converted into a transport in 1872 as Loire
• Loire (1915), a commandeered four-masted barque
• Loire (1915)), a requisitioned steam ship
• Loire (1916), a requisitioned cargo ship
• Loire (1924), an oiler
• Loire (A615), (1965-2009) a mine countermeasures support ship Loire (French) (Google Translate - Loire (English))

Sources and references

• NetMarine