The 74-gun Redoutable (1795) at the Battle of Trafalgar.
The ironclad Redoutable (1876)
Ajax, sister ship of Redoutable (Q136) (1930)
The nuclear submarine Redoutable (S611) (1971)
Notes and references
Notes
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To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.
Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Pluton in honour of the Roman god Pluto.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Protée, in honour of Proteus.
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sibylle:
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Hermione, in honour of Hermione, daughter of King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen of Troy.
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Méduse, after the Medusa. The best-known is arguable the 1810 frigate Méduse, of Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa fame.
Six ships of the French navy have bourn the name Créole in honour of Creole peoples.
Five ships of the French navy have borne the name Clorinde, in honour of Clorinda in Jerusalem Delivered.
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Invincible; among them:
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Melpomène, in honour of the muse Melpomene.
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Pégase, in honour of Pegasus.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Andromaque in honour of Andromache, wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Thétis in honour of nereid and sea nymph Thetis:
Six ships of the French Navy have borne the name Inflexible ("Unyielding"):
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Espoir, in honour of hope.
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrée in honour of Astraea in Greek mythology.
Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Guêpe ("wasp"):
Two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Tilsitt in honour of the Treaties of Tilsit:
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amazone ("Amazon"):
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Nymphe:
References
- ↑ Roche (2005a), p. 372, volume 1.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roche (2005a), p. 373, volume 1.
- 1 2 3 Roche (2005b), p. 417, volume 2.
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours[Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to the Present Day]. Vol. I: 1670–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 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[Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to the Present Day]. Vol. II: 1870–2006. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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