French ship Mistral

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Four ships of the French Navy have born the name Mistral, as well as a few other auxiliary ships:

• A high sea armoured torpedo boat of the Cyclone type (1901)
• A 1500-tonne torpedo boat of the Bourrasque type (1923), requisitioned by the British on the 3rd July 1940 at Portsmouth. She was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Mistral and decommissioned in 1944. She was restituted to France at the end of the war, and scraped in 1953.
• The DF38 Mistral, a coast-guard cutter of the Tourmaline type (1977), commissioned as Vent d'Aval, later renamed Mistral. (Measurements: 37 t ; 26,8 x 4,97 x 1,53 m ; I.12,7 mm)
• The DF50 Liane also bore the name Mistral.
• A fishing ship, the Henri Cameleyre (1908) was requisitioned as a minesweeper during the Second World War. She was restituted in 1941 and renamed Mistral.
• An auxiliary patrol boat of the Second World War also bore the name of Mistral II.
• The present Mistral is an assault helicopter and command ship, lead ship of her class.