French ship Redoutable

"Le Redoutable" redirects here. For the 2017 film, see Redoubtable (film).

Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):

Ships named Redoutable

• Redoutable (1749), 74-gun ship of the line. She took part in the landing in Mahon under Admiral la Galissonière. She was destroyed in Lagos in 1759. ^[1]
• Redoutable (1795), a 74-gun ship of the line. One of her snipers killed Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. ^[2]
• Redoutable (1800), an aviso captured by HMS Success on 26 June 1800. ^[2]
• Redoutable (1801) a coastguard. ^[2]
• Redoutable (1804) a xebec. ^{[2] [a]}
• Redoutable (1855), an Algésiras-class ship of the line. ^[2]
• Redoutable (1876), the first warship in the world to be built in steel. ^[3]
• Redoutable (1928) (1930), lead ship of the Redoutable-class submarines before the Second World War ^[3]
• Redoutable (S611) (1971), first SNLE submarine of the French Navy, now a museum and the largest submarine in the world open to the public. ^[3]

Ships of the French Navy named Redoutable

• 
  Redoutable (1749) at the Battle of Minorca (1756)
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  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)

See also

• HMS Redoubtable

Notes and references

Notes

1. The Redoutables of 1801 and 1804 might actually be the same ship. ^[2]

References

1. Roche (2005a), p. 372, volume 1.
2. Roche (2005a), p. 373, volume 1.
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.