French ship Ça Ira

Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Ça Ira ("It will be fine") in honour of the revolutionary anthem Ah! ça ira

French ships named Ça Ira

Couronne (1749), a 74-gun ship of the line, was renamed Ça Ira in 1792 [1]
Couronne (1781), an 80-gun ship of the line, was renamed Ça Ira in 1792[1]
A gunship (1794)[1]
Borée (1785), a Téméraire-class ship of the line, was renamed Ça Ira in 1794[1]
A gunship (1795-1796)[1]

Ships of the French Navy named Ça Ira

Couronne (1781)

Notes and references

Notes

References

Roche, vol.1, p.90

Bibliography

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 90. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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