What was the french navys abbreviations in 1860.

Chimera0205

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So you know how american ships have USS and British ships have HMAS what was Frances during the 1860s. Im writing a AH story and need to know. I woulda googled it but i have no idea what those abbreviation things are called and searching "french navy abbreviation" didnt net anything useful.
 

Chimera0205

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The French Navy does not presently use national ship prefixes, and to my knowledge it never did internally
Huh. Well ok then. While were at it you wouldnt happen to know when the first ostriches were brought to the us in zoos. The AH story im making is if the elemental nations from avatar the last airbender were ISOTed to earth circa 1862. And the earth kingdom calvary rides giant ground birds and i was gonna have a US calvary man compare then to ostriches but then it hit me that i had know idea if a US citizen would even know wtf an Ostrich is. So is there any chance an average us citizen wpuld know what an ostrich is?
 
Seems like it on a cursory glance

In the United States, sea captains began transporting wild animals for display in the Americas as early as 1721, when the first camel and African lion arrived in Boston. The first polar bear arrived in 1733, the first orangutan and tiger in 1789, the first ostrich in 1794, and the first elephant in 1796.
 
To answer your question about ostriches being know to Americans in 1862, the answer is mostly yes. Traveling circuses often provided an opportunity for rural populations to see exotic animals from other parts of the world. There was even an expression from that period related to this phenomenon, "Seeing the Elephant."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_the_elephant

The US was one of the most literate societies in the world at the time, and the average citizen would be somewhat more knowledgeable than people from other nations. Even if your cavalryman had never seen an ostrich in person, he may very well read about one in a book.

Interesting idea for inserting the Avatar nations into the 19th century, I had thought of a similar idea at one point.
 
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