French ship Achille

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At least three French ship of the line have born the name Achille:

• The 74-gun Annibal (1778), was renamed Achille in 1786. She was taken in the bataille du 13 Prairial and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Achille before being broken up at Plymouth in 1796.
• The 74-gun Achille, launched in 1803, which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where she exploded.
• The 74-gun ship Illustre (1807), renamed to Dantzig in 1807, and to Achille in 1815.