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    Asia. Francis Garnier was born on 25 July 1839 in Saint-Étienne, as the second son of Louis-Alexandre Garnier and Anne Marie Félicité Garnier. In 1855...
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    first French attempt to conquer Tonkin, led by the naval lieutenant Francis Garnier. On 21 December 1873 Liu Yongfu and around 600 Black Flags, marching...
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    Army to face an attempt to conquer Tonkin by French naval lieutenant Francis Garnier, who was acting without orders after having been sent there on a diplomatic...
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  • the French Navy have been named after the explorer Francis Garnier: French sloop Francis Garnier, previously the Italian sloop Eritrea she was acquired...
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    The BATRAL ("Light ferry ship") Francis Garnier (L9031) is the second of a series of five vessels. She was launched on 17 November 1973 and commissioned...
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    shipyards in the early 1980s. French Navy Champlain decommissioned Francis Garnier decommissioned Dumont D'Urville decommissioned in July 2017 Jacques...
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    The Garnier Expedition was a French expedition in Tonkin between November 1873 and January 1874. Lieutenant Francis Garnier, who had been sent by France...
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    Francis Garnier was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The Bouclier class were...
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    Navy used Eritrea in colonial service with the name Francis Garnier until 1965. Francis Garnier was then declassed to become a target ship. She was sunk...
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    sailors, 30 marines and 8 officers under the command of Navy Lieutenant Francis Garnier captured the provincial capital Hanoi, where they had been sent by...
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