title: French ship Mistral
text: # French ship Mistral
  
  Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Mistral after the wind mistral. An auxiliary ship has also borne the name.
  
  ## French ship named Mistral
  
  * French torpedo boat Mistral (1901), an armoured Mistral-class torpedo boat
  * French destroyer Mistral (1923) - a Bourrasque-class destroyer.
  * French cutter Mistral (1977), a Tourmaline-class cutter.
  * French ship Mistral (L9013), an assault helicopter and command ship, lead ship of her class.
  * Portrait of Mistral (1901) by Marius Bar
  * Mistral (1923) as HMS Mistral, before being handed over to the Free French Forces
  * Mistral (L9013) in Toulon harbour
  
  ## Other ships
  
  * Liane (DF 50), a service boat.
  * A fishing ship, Henri Cameleyre (1908) was requisitioned as a minesweeper during the Second World War. She was restituted in 1941 and renamed Mistral.
  * An auxiliary patrol boat of the Second World War also bore the name of Mistral II.
  