French ship Lion

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At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:

Ships named Lion

Sauveur (1671), a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career^[1]
Canadien (1676), a 42-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career^[1]
Écueil (1678), a 40-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career^[1]
French fireship Lion (1694), a fireship ^[1]
Lion (1752), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class ^[1]
Lion (1794), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line renamed Marat before launch^[1]
French corvette Lion (1794), a corvette ^[1]
Cassard (1795), a Vétéran-class 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career^[1]
Lion (1804), a Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1804 and scuttled and burnt in 1809^[1]

French gunboat Lion (1885), an Aspic-class gunboat ^[2]
French trawler Lion (1916), an armed trawler, ex-Brazilian Ernestina^[2]
Lion (1918), an armed boat^[2]
French destroyer Lion, a Guépard-class destroyer launched in 1929 and scuttled in 1942.^[2]
Lion (1983), a Léopard-class training ship ^[2]

Other ships with similar names

Lion britannique (1781), a 27-gun fluyt, ex-Briton Lion captured from the British^[3]
Lion Couronné (1643), a 28-gun ship of the line^[3]
Lion Couronné (1665), a 22-gun ship of the line^[3]
Éminent (1647), a 46-gun ship of the line, bore the name Lion de Smaland during her career^[3]
Lion d'Or (1665), a 24-gun ship of the line, also originally named Lion rouge^[3]
Serpent (1665), a fireship, bore the name Lion d'Or during her career^[3]
Lion rouge (1666), a 40-gun ship of the line, possibly the captured Turkish ship Al Assad el Ahmar.^[3]
Lion II (1917), an armed ketch^[2]
Lion II (1939), an armed trawler^[2]

Ships named Lionne are at French ship Lionne.

Notes and references

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche (2005a), p. 282.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche (2005b), p. 310.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche (2005a), p. 283.

Bibliography

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 282. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005b). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 20. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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[FOOTNOTERoche2005a282-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche (2005a), p. 282.

[FOOTNOTERoche2005b310-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche (2005b), p. 310.

[FOOTNOTERoche2005a283-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche (2005a), p. 283.

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