French ship Lion explained

At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:

Ships named Lion

• , a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
• , a 42-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
• , a 40-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
• (1694), a fireship
• , a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class
• , a 74-gun ship of the line renamed Marat before launch
• (1794), a corvette
• , a 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
• , a Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1804 and scuttled and burnt in 1809
• (1885), an
• (1916), an armed trawler, ex-Brazilian Ernestina
• , an armed boat
• , a launched in 1929 and scuttled in 1942.
• , a

Other ships with similar names

• , a 27-gun fluyt, ex-Briton Lion captured from the British
• , a 28-gun ship of the line
• , a 22-gun ship of the line
• , a 46-gun ship of the line, bore the name Lion de Smaland during her career
• , a 24-gun ship of the line, also originally named Lion rouge
• , a fireship, bore the name Lion d'Or during her career
• , a 40-gun ship of the line, possibly the captured Turkish ship Al Assad el Ahmar.
• , an armed ketch
• , an armed trawler

Ships named Lionne are at French ship Lionne.

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005a. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 282.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005b. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 2. 20.