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Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Borda in honour of Jean-Charles de Borda. From 1839 it has been a tradition that the main schoolship of the École navale, a repurposed capital ship, be renamed Borda in this role.
At least 10 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Intrépide ("Intrepid"):
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
Jemmapes was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Invincible; among them:
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Entreprenant and four Entreprenante, after the French word for "enterprising"
A number of French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Alexandre in honour of Alexander the Great:
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Pégase, in honour of Pegasus.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Mutine ("Mischievous"):
Twelve vessels of the French Navy have borne the name Auguste :
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Inflexible ("Unyielding"):
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Borée, in honour of Boreas.
Ajax was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Jemmapes was a late 100-gun Hercule-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
At least twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Superbe ("Superb"):
At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:
At least three ships of the French Navy have been named Valmy:
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Éveillé ("awakened"):
The Jemmapes class was a group of two coastal-defense ships built for the French Navy in the early 1890s. The class comprised Jemmapes and Valmy and were an improved version of the preceding Furieux, built for a higher speed with more modern Belleville boilers. They were armed with two turret-mounted 274 mm (10.8 in) guns and were protected by armor up to 460 mm (18 in) thick. Launched in 1892, the ships served with the Northern Squadron of the French Navy. They operated along with the similar Amiral Tréhouart and Bouvines as the Coastal Defence Division, being considered together "the most homogenous and dangerous squadron that one could meet at sea" by Vice Admiral Armand Bernard. They were struck in 1910 and, although Jemmapes had a brief respite as a hulk, they were both subsequently sold to be broken up.
References
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- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 266. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
