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.
Soleil Royal was a French 104-gun ship of the line, flagship of Admiral Tourville.
16 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Terrible:
A large number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Argonaute in honour of the mythological navigators argonauts. Among them:
Numerous French vessels have borne the name Téméraire. Note that several British ships have had the same name, see HMS Temeraire.
Argonaute was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
At least 10 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Intrépide ("Intrepid"):
Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Le Triomphant, Triomphant or Triomphante ("triumphant"):
The Triomphant was a ship of the line of the French Navy. She was a three-decker, although the upper deck was only partially armed, with an unarmed sections between the guns towards the bow and those towards the stern. She was built from 1665-1667 as the Princesse, and under this name she took part in the Expedition to Candia in 1669, but she was renamed Triomphant on 24 June 1671 and subsequently Constant on 28 June 1678. She was converted into a hulk in 1690 and renamed Vieux Constant, surviving in this role until 1704.
Triomphant was a First Rank three-decker ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was armed with 94 guns, comprising twenty-eight 36-pounder guns on the lower deck, thirty 18-pounder guns on the middle deck, and twenty-eight 8-pounder guns on the upper deck, with eight 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck. In 1699 the 8-pounders on the upper deck were replaced by twenty-six 12-pounders, and one pair of 6-pounders was removed from the quarterdeck.
Triomphant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Le Triomphant was one of six Le Fantasque-class large destroyers built for the Marine Nationale during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1935 and participated in the Second World War. When war was declared in September 1939, all of the Le Fantasques were assigned to the Force de Raid which was tasked to hunt down German commerce raiders and blockade runners. Le Triomphant and two of her sister ships were based in Dakar, French West Africa, to patrol the Central Atlantic for several months in late 1939. They returned to Metropolitan France before the end of the year and were transferred to French Algeria in late April 1940 in case Italy decided to enter the war. Le Triomphant played a minor role in the Norwegian Campaign in late April and was under repair when the Germans invaded France in May. She sailed to Britain to avoid capture in June.
Jean Bart was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Neptune was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
The Conquérant was originally launched in 1746 on a design by François Coulomb the Younger. She was taken out of service in March 1764 and rebuilt at Brest as a Citoyen-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Duquesne was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was captured by the British in 1803, and broken up in 1805.
Régulus was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Tonnerre 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 Brave. Among them:
Hippolyte-Augustin de Sade de Vaudronne was a French Navy officer. He served during the War of American Independence.
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