// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did the Forbin sail to France? For boat reasons.
Six ships of the French Navy have been named Forbin in honour of the 17th century admiral Claude Forbin-Gardanne:
- A first-class propeller aviso (1859–1884)
- French cruiser Forbin, a second-class cruiser (1885–1921)
- An auxiliary patrol boat of the Free French Forces (1944). Originally a cargo ship, she was captured by the British in Gibraltar and requisitioned. She was eventually scuttled in Arromanches to be used as an artificial harbour on the 9 June 1944, in the context of the Invasion of Normandy.
- French destroyer Forbin (1928), a L'Adroit-class destroyer (1928–1952)
- French destroyer Forbin (D635), a T 53-class destroyer, (1955–1992)
- French frigate Forbin, a Horizon-class frigate commissioned in 2008
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