Royal Louis, flagship of the Levant Fleet under Louis XIV[1]
Active
1689–1792
Country
Kingdom of France
Branch
Royal French Navy
Type
Naval fleet
Role
Naval operations in the Mediterranean
Garrison/HQ
Arsenal of Toulon Arsenal of Galères
Engagements
Franco-Dutch War Nine Years' War War of the Spanish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American War of Independence
Military unit
The Levant Fleet (French: Flotte du Levant) was the designation under the Ancien Regime for the naval vessels of the Royal French Navy in the Mediterranean. The fleet carried out operations such as asserting naval supremacy and protecting convoys. Its counterpart was the Flotte du Ponant, which saw service in the English Channel and in the Atlantic Ocean.
^Par maître Rodolphe, in Histoire de la Marine française illustrée, Larousse, 1934.
The LevantFleet (French: Flotte du Levant) was the designation under the Ancien Regime for the naval vessels of the Royal French Navy in the Mediterranean...
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as Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies until 1791, such as in the LevantFleet and Flotte du Ponant of the Ancien Régime. Major of the French Navy has...
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Sea, where the Ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem had its own navy, the LevantFleet, whose principal ports were Fréjus, Marseille, and Toulon. The Ordre...
The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Elizabeth I of England approved its initial charter on 11 September 1592 when the Venice...
separate Ministry of Merchant Marine. The two French royal fleets (the Ponant fleet and Levantfleet) were put under the control of Colbert from 1662, whilst...
off Marseilles and ravaged Corsica. But it did have to face the French LevantFleet and the Knights of Malta, who scored a minor victory against Algerian...
into practice from 1631, with the creation of the Ponant fleet in the Atlantic and the Levantfleet in the Mediterranean, the foundation of the Brest dockyards...
elements. While still young, Pierre Arnoul was tasked with arming the Levantfleet, a challenging responsibility. He established a new dock in the port...
created in 1669 by Naval State Secretary Colbert and attached to the LevantFleet. The regiment became the 61st Infantry Regiment in 1671 (French: 61e...
Eastern Fleet. Rear-Admiral, Alexandria reported to the C-in-C, Med Fleet from November 1939 to February 1943 the officer then reports to C-in-C, Levant until...
The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Arabic: فَتْحُ الشَّام, romanized: Fath aş-Şâm; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638...
Mediterranean to the Levant and beyond; Venice's commercial and military strength, and continued survival, was founded on the strength of its fleet. This allowed...
the Eastern Fleet. Later the Eastern Fleet became the East Indies Fleet. In 1952, after the Second World War ended, the East Indies Fleet became the Far...
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fleet, stopping all English trade with the Baltic. In the Mediterranean the English Levantfleet was trapped at Leghorn, and an English relief fleet was...
Maritime Museum, London. History of the French Navy Flotte du Ponant LevantFleet Troupes de la marine Fusiliers Marins List of Escorteurs of the French...
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Royal French Navy