Francis Garnier (ship name)

Francis Garnier is a ship name of the French Navy , named after the naval officer and Mekong explorer Francis Garnier (1839–1873). The following boats and ships bore the name:

• a river gunboat during the Tonkin campaign, 1884-1894
• Francis Garnier (Boot, 1913) , torpedo boat destroyers of the Bouclier class , decommissioned in 1926
• Francis Garnier (Boot, 1927) , river gunboat in China, wrecked in Cambodia in 1945
• Francis Garnier (F730) , Aviso , in service from 1948 to 1966, previously an Italian colonial cruiser Eritrea (built in 1936)
• Francis Garnier (L9031) , medium-sized transport and landing ship of the Champlain class , in service from 1974 to 2011