French ship Victoire explained
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Victoire ("Victory"):
Ships named Victoire
- , a 34-gun ship of the line.
- , a 30-gun ship of the line.
- , a galley.
- , a 28-gun ship of the line, bore the name Victoire early in her career.
- , a galley.
- , a galley.
- , Fière, a galley, bore the name Victoire during her career.
- , a galley.
- , a 26-gun frigate.
- , a 40-gun frigate.
- , a 74-gun ship of the line.
- , a 80-gun ship of the line, bore the name Victoire late in her career.
- , a fluyt.
- , the captured Venetian ship Vittoria.
- , a gunboat, that the British captured on 8 March 1801 on the Nile
- , a captured Papal galley.
- , an aviso.
- , a 46-gun frigate, bore the name Victoire during her career.
- , a fluyt .
- , a sail and steam frigate.
- , a tugboat.
- , a tugboat.
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.
- Chasseur, a 4-gun ship, bore the name Victoire du grand Cincinnatus during her career.
- , a tugboat.
See also
References
- 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.
- 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.
