Claude, comte de Forbin-Gardanne (6 August 1656, Gardanne – 4 March 1733) was a French naval officer, nobleman and diplomat. From 1685 to 1688, he led...

(1625–1713), called the cardinal de Janson, bishop Claude de Forbin (1656-1733), French naval commander Count de Forbin, officer of the French Navy who...

Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and an English convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards. Duguay-Trouin and Forbin were two of the...

of Great Britain. Using a fleet of fast privateers, its commander Claude de Forbin reached Scotland. However, with the Royal Navy in close pursuit, the...

the War of the Spanish Succession in which a French squadron under Claude de Forbin intercepted a large British convoy escorted by three ships of the line...

Trincomalee. Forbin was born to the family of Claude de Forbin. He was also a parent to Suffren, as Suffren's great-grand-mother was from the Forbin family...

aircraft. Forbin is the sixth vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Claude Forbin-Gardanne. Construction of Forbin began in Lorient...

wearing lomphok and Khrui, 1686 Claude de Forbin wearing Ayutthayan mandarin dress The French ambassador Chevalier de Chaumont presents a letter from...

later that year retires to Acadie (Southeast Canada). Jean Bart and Claude de Forbin are captured by the Royal Navy and taken to Plymouth. Three days later...

cannon. She was also fitted with a helipad to carry a Lynx WG13 helicopter. Forbin had her forward 57 mm turret removed, and her aft 127 mm turret was replaced...