Bombard

Bombard may refer to the act of carrying out a bombardment. It may also refer to:

Individuals

• 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 (born 1949), American baseball player and coach

Weapons

• Bombard (weapon), a cannon or mortar used throughout the Middle Ages and the early modern period
• Blacker Bombard, an anti-tank weapon used by British forces during the early part of World War 2

Ships

• Bombard (vessel), a small two-masted vessel like an English ketch, common in the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Bombarde (or Bombard), an alternative name for a 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, commissioned 1938, later captured by Italy in 1942, and then by Germany in 1943, and sunk by US aircraft in 1944.

Place

• Bombardopolis, Haiti, was known in English in the 18th & 19th centuries as Bombarde

Other

• Bombard (music), a double reed instrument used to play traditional Breton music.
• Bombarde (organ stop)