French ship Tigre

Last updated September 18, 2021

At least four ships of the French Navy have been named Tigre:

French ship Tigre (1642), a 28-gun small ship of the line launched in 1642 and foundered in 1644.
French ship Tigre (1793), a 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1793 and captured by the Royal Navy in 1795.
French ship Tigre (1871), a wooden-hulled armoured ram of the Cerbèreclass, launched in 1871 and broken up in 1892.
French destroyer Tigre, a Chacal-class destroyer launched in 1924, acquired by Italy in 1942 returned to French service in 1943 and scrapped in 1955.

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