French ship Victoire

Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Victoire ("Victory"):

Ships named Victoire

• Victoire (1638), a 34-gun ship of the line. ^[1]
• Victoire (1657), a 30-gun ship of the line. ^[2]
• Victoire (1664), a galley. ^[2]
• Arrogant (1671), a 28-gun ship of the line, bore the name Victoire early in her career. ^[2]
• Victoire (1674), a galley. ^[2]
• Victoire (1681), a galley. ^[2]
• Victoire (1682), Fière, a galley, bore the name Victoire during her career. ^[2]
• Victoire (1691), a galley. ^[2]
• Victoire (1704), a 26-gun frigate. ^[2]
• Victoire (1757), a 40-gun frigate. ^[2]
• Victoire (1770), a 74-gun ship of the line. ^[2]
• Languedoc (1766), an 80-gun ship of the line, bore the name Victoire late in her career. ^[2]
• Victoire (1979), a fluyt. ^[2]
• Victoire (1797), the captured Venetian ship Vittoria. ^[2]
• Victoire (1798), a gunboat, ^[2] that the British captured on 8 March 1801 on the Nile
• Victoire (1798), a captured Papal galley. ^[2]
• Victoire (1799), an aviso. ^[2]
• Duchesse du Berry (1816), a 46-gun frigate, bore the name Victoire during her career. ^[2]
• Victoire (1830), a fluyt . ^[2]
• Victoire (1861), a sail and steam frigate. ^[2]
• Victoire (1910), a tugboat. ^[3]
• Victoire (1949), a tugboat. ^[3]

Ships with similar names

• French ship Victor
• French ship Victorieux
• French ship Victorieuse
• Victory (1813), ship in French service under Ensign Durbec, captured by the British at Cassis on 18 August 1813. ^[4]
• Chasseur, a 4-gun ship, bore the name Victoire du grand Cincinnatus during her career. ^[4]
• Victoire III (1917), a tugboat. ^[3]

See also

• List of ships named HMS Victory
• USS Victory

Citations

1. Roche (2005a), p. 461, volume 1.
2. Roche (2005a), p. 462, volume 1.
3. Roche (2005b), p. 525, volume 2.
4. Roche (2005a), p. 463, volume 1.

References

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