# Bombard

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'''Bombard''' may refer to the act of carrying out a [bombardment](/source/bombardment). It may also refer to:

==Individuals==
*[Alain Bombard](/source/Alain_Bombard) (1924–2005), French biologist, physician and politician; known for crossing the Atlantic on a small boat with no water or food
*[Marc Bombard](/source/Marc_Bombard) (born 1949), American baseball player and coach

==Weapons==
*[Bombard (weapon)](/source/Bombard_(weapon)), a cannon or mortar used throughout the Middle Ages and the early modern period
*[Blacker Bombard](/source/Blacker_Bombard), an anti-tank weapon used by British forces during the early part of World War 2

==Ships==
*[Bombard (vessel)](/source/Bombard_(vessel)), a small two-masted vessel like an English [ketch](/source/ketch), common in the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th centuries
*Bombarde (or Bombard), an alternative name for a [bomb vessel](/source/bomb_vessel) in the 18th & 19th centuries 
*{{HMAS|Bombard|P 99}}, Royal Australian Navy patrol boat in commission from 1968 to 1993
*{{USS|Bombard|AM-151}}, a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1944 to 1945
* ''Bombarde'', a French Navy [La Melpomène-class torpedo boat](/source/La_Melpom%C3%A8ne-class_torpedo_boat), commissioned 1938, later captured by Italy in 1942, and then by Germany in 1943, and sunk by US aircraft in 1944.

==Place==
*[Bombardopolis](/source/Bombardopolis), Haiti, was known in English in the 18th & 19th centuries as Bombarde

==Other==
*[Bombard (music)](/source/Bombard_(music)), a double reed instrument used to play traditional Breton music.
*[Bombarde (organ stop)](/source/Bombarde_(organ_stop))

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