title: French ship Milan
text: # French ship Milan
  
  A number of ships of the French Navy have been named Milan, for the Kite:
  
  * French cutter Milan (1771–1784), a Lévrier-class cutter
  * French brig Milan (1807) (1807–1809), a 16-gun brig, captured by the British and brought into Royal Navy service as HMS Achates
  * French aviso Milan (1849–1865), a steam aviso
  * French cruiser Milan, an unprotected cruiser launched in 1884 and struck in 1908.
  * French destroyer Milan, an Aigle-class destroyer launched in 1931 and lost in 1942.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * 1 2 3 Roche (2005), p. 309.
  