Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Victoire ("Victory"):
Ships named Victoire
[edit]- 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), a 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
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