List of ships of the line of France

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This is a list of French broadside battleships of the period 1640-1861:
Sections stating the ruler in power are provided as chronological references. Not quite complete yet.

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Contents 1 Louis XIV 2 Louis XV 3 Louis XVI 4 French Revolution 5 First Empire 6 Louis XVIII 7 Charles X 8 Louis-Philippe 9 Second Republic 10 Second Empire 11 References 12 See also 13 External links

[edit] Louis XIV

• Monarque 94
• ? (ex-Algerine, captured 1665, ex-Dutch Giardino d'Olanda (Hollandsche Tuyn) 40)
• Thérèse 58 - Blew up 1669
• Soleil Royal (1670?) - Burnt at the Battle of Beachy Head, 1690
• Trident 44-50 (c. 1688) - Captured by England 1695, same name
• Maure 44-50 (1688) - Captured by Britain 1710, renamed Moor
• François 44-50 (c. 1688) - Deleted 1722
• Fleuron 50-56 (c. 1688)
• Fortuné 50-56 (1689) - Burnt 1707
• Invincible 54 - Captured by England 1694
• Perle 50-56 (c. 1690) - Lost 1709
• Adroit 44-50 (1691) - Sunk 1703
• Entendu 50-56 (1691) - Deleted 1701
• Indien 50-56 (c. 1692) - Lost 1699
• Capable 50-56 (1693) - Deleted 1706
• Bon 50-56 (c. 1693) - Deleted 1703
• Gaillard 50-56 (c. 1694) - Captured by Britain 1710
• Volontaire 44-50 (c. 1695) - Captured by England and destroyed, 1702
• Fougueux 50-56 (1695) - Captured by England 1696, sank 1696
• Téméraire 50-56 (1695) Deleted 1723
• Solide 50-56 (c. 1695) - Captured by England and destroyed, 1702
• Hope 70 (ex-English Hope, captured 1695)
• Mercure 50-56 (c. 1696) - Captured by England 1746
• Assuré 60 (1697) - Captured by England 1702 and renamed Assurance 70, BU 1712
• Hasard 52 (c. 1698) - Captured by England 1703, renamed Hazardous
• Adélaïde 44-50 (c. 1698) - Wrecked 1714
• Renommée 44-50 (c. 1699) - Deleted 1723
• Auguste 54 - Captured by England 1704
• Magnanime 74 - Wrecked and scutted 1705
• Fleur-de-lis 86 - Wrecked 1705
• Arrogant 60 - Captured by England 1705
• Ardente 66 - Captured by Netherlands 1705
• Marquis 56 - Captured by Netherlands 1705
• Toulouse 50-56 (c. 1703) - Captured by Britain 1711, renamed Thoulouse?
• Triton 50-56 (1703) - Deleted 1720
• Pendennis 48 (ex-English Pendennis, captured 1705)
• Protée 44-50 (1705) - Formerly Amphytrite. Deleted 1722
• Griffon 44-50 (c. 1705) - Captured by Britain 1712
• Lys (1705)
• Content 64 - Sunk 1706
• Bourbon 50-56 (c. 1706) - Captured by Netherlands 1707
• ? 50 (ex-Dutch Hardenbroek, captured 1706) - To Russia 1712 as Esperans 44
• Cumberland 80 (1695, ex-British Cumberland, captured 1707) - To Genoa 1715, to Spain 1717, renamed Principe de Asturias, captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro, 1718, to Austria 1720, renamed San Carlos, BU 1733
• Le Superbe (c. 1708) - Captured by Britain 1710 and renamed Superb 64, BU 1732
• Grand Vainqueur 54 (c. 1706, ex-Dutch Overwinnaer, captured 1708) - To Britain, to Russia 1712 as Viktoria
• Gloucester 60/64 (ex-British Gloucester, captured 1709) - To Genoa 1711, to Spain 1720, renamed Conquistador 62/64, stricken 1738
• Hampshire 50 (ex-British Hampshire, captured 1709)
• Le Beau Parterre (c. 1710, ex-Dutch Schonauwen, captured 1711) - Intended for Russia but captured on delivery voyage by Sweden 1713/14, renamed Kronskepp

[edit] Louis XV

• Invincible (74) - Captured by Britain 1747, wrecked 1758
• Content 50-56 (1717)
• Argonaute 44-50 (c. 1722)
• Néreïde 44-50 (c. 1722) Deleted 1743
• Parfaite 44-50 (1723) - Burned 1746
• Jason 50 (1724) - Captured by Britain 1747, same name
• Foudroyant (1724) - BU 1742
• Tigre 50-56 (1724)
• Alcyon 50-56 (1726) - Burnt 1757
• Gloire 44-50 (1727) - Captured by Britain 1747, renamed Glory
• Rubis 44-50 (c. 1728) - Captured by Britain 1747, same name
• Fleuron 64 (1730)
• Aquilon 44-50 (1733) - Destroyed 1756
• Diamant 56 (1733) - Captured by Britain 1747, renamed Isis
• Borée (1735)
• Dauphin-Royal 70 (1735/38)
• Apollon 50-56 (c. 1738) - Destroyed 1758
• Auguste 44-50 (1739) - Captured by Britain 1746, renamed Portland's Prize
• Mars (1739)
• St-Michel 60 (1741)
• Alcide 64 (c. 1742) - Captured by Britain 1754
• Lys - Captured by Britain 1754
• Royal-Louis 124 (-) - Burned 1742
• Caribou 50-56 (c. 1743) - Deleted 1757
• Tonnant 80 (1743)
• Aurore 44-50 (c. 1744) - Deleted 1753
• Oriflamme 50-56 (1744) - Captured by Britain 1761
• Ferme 50-56 - Captured by Britain 1746
• Arc-en-Ciel 50-56 (c. 1745) - Captured by Britain 1756
• Fier 50 (1745) - Deleted 1780
• Intrépide 74 (1747)
• Triton 64 (1747)
• Amphion 50 (1748)
• Hardi 64 (1748)
• Magnifique 74 (1749)
• Amphion 50-56 (1749) - Deleted 1787
• Hyppopotame 50-56 (c. 1749) - Renamed Fier Rodrigue 1776
• Aigle 50-56 (1750) - Stranded 1765
• Héros 74 (1750)
• Bizarre 64 (1751)
• Duc de Bourgogne 80 (1751)
• Lion 64 (1751)
• Hector 74 (1752)
• Guerrier 74 (1753) - Captured by Britain and destroyed at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Vaillant 64 (1753)
• Diadème 74 (1756)
• Glorieux 74 (1756) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Saintes, 1782, renamed Glorious
• Océan (1756)
• Orient 74 (1756) - Wrecked in the East Indies 1782
• Minotaure 74 (1757)
• Protecteur 74 (1757)
• Souverain 74 (1757) - Renamed Peuple-Souverain c. 1794, captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Fantasque 64 (1758)
• Robuste 74 (1758) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate
• Royal Louis 116 (1758)
• Sans Pareil 108 (c. 1760)
•  ? (ex-Maltese San Salvadore, obtained 1760/61, ex-Turkish "Corona Ottomana" 70/80, mutinied and handed over 1760) - Returned to Turkey 1761
• Sagittaire 50 (1761) - Formerly 64 guns. Deleted 1787
• Bordelais 50-56 (1763) - Deleted 1778
• Ferme 50-56 (1763) - Deleted 1774
• Citoyen 74 (1763/64)
• Flamand 56 (1763)
• Provence 64 (1763)
• Union 64 (1763)
• Zélé 74 (1763)
• Ville de Paris 90 (1764) - Laid down as Impétueux. Enlarged to 104 guns, captured by Britain at the Battle of the Saintes, 1782
• Utile 50-56 (1764) - Deleted 1771 or 1780?
• Bien Aimé 114 (c. 1765)
• Artésien 64/74 (1765)
• Conquérant 74 (1765) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Saint-Esprit 74/80 (1765) - Renamed Scipion 1794, storm 1795
• Vengeur 64 (1765)
• Palmier 74 (c. 1765)
• Bourgogne 74 (1766)
• Bretagne 110 (1766) - Renamed Révolutionnaire
• Couronne 80 (1766) - Renamed Ça Ira 1793, captured by Britain 1795, fire 1795/96
• Languedoc 80 (1766) - Renamed Anti-fédéraliste, renamed Victoire
• Marseillais 74 (1766)
• Actif 74 (1767)
• Zodiaque 74 (1767)
• Indien 64 (1768)
• César 74 (1768) - Captured by Britain 1782, fire and explosion 1782
• Bien-Aimé 74 (1769)
• Dauphin 50-56 (c. 1770?) - Ex-Indiaman. Sold 1773
• Caton 64 (1770)
• Destin 74 (1770) - Scuttled by British at Toulon, 1793
• Victoire 74 (1770)
• Roland 64 (1771)
• Alexandre 64 (1771)
• Actionnaire 64 (1771)
• Fendant 74 (1772)
• Refléchi 64 (1772)
• Prothée 64 (1772)
• Éveillé 64 (1772)

[edit] Louis XVI

• Alexandre 64 - Scuttled 1782
• Bizarre 64 - Wrecked 1782
• Brillant 64 (1774)
• Sévère 64 (1774)
• Solitaire 64 (1774)
• Palmier 74 (1776)
• Sphinx 64 (1776)
• Auguste 80 (1778) - Renamed Jacobin, renamed Neuf Thermidor, sank in storm 1795
• Hercule 74 (1778) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate
• Héros 74 (1778) - Scuttled by British at Toulon, 1793
• Neptune 74 (1778) - Wrecked in storm 1795
• Pluton 74 (1778)
• Scipion 74 (1778) - Captured by Britain 1793, fire and explosion 1793
• Annibal 74 (1778) - Renamed Achille 1786, captured by Britain at the Glorious First of June, 1794
• Jason 64 (1779) - Captured by Britain 1782, renamed Argonaut
• Magnanime 74 (1779)
• Northumberland 74 (1779) - Captured by Britain 1794
• Triomphant 80 (1779) - Scuttled by British at Toulon, 1793
• Invincible 110 (1780)
• Majestueux 110 (1780)
• Royal-Louis 110 (1780) - Renamed Républicaine, wrecked in storm 1794
• Terrible 110 (1780)
• Sceptre 74 (1780)
• Brave 74 (1781) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate
• Illustre 74 (1781) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate and renamed Scévola
• Hannibal 50 (1779, ex-British Hannibal, captured 1782) - Deleted 1782
• Censeur 74 (1782) - To Spain 1799, BU 1799?
• Téméraire (1782?)
• Ferme 74 (1785) - Renamed Phocion 1792, to Spain 1793, renamed Le Ferme, stricken 1808
• Duguay-Trouin (1788) - Scuttled by British at Toulon, 1793
• Jean Bart 74 (1788)
• Tourville (1788)

[edit] French Revolution

• Puissant 80 - Captured by Britain at Toulon, 1793
• Suffisant 74 - Scuttled by Britain at Toulon, 1793
• Themistocle 74 - Scuttled by Britain at Toulon, 1793
• Pompée 74 - Captured by Britain at Toulon, 1793, BU 1817
• Argonaute 74 (1789) - To Spain 1806, renamed Argonauta, wrecked 1810
• Indomptable 80 (1789)
• Tonnant 80 (1789) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• États de Bourgogne 120 (1790) - Renamed Cote d'Or, renamed Montagne 1793, renamed Peuple, renamed Océan
• Dauphin-Royal 120 (1791) - Renamed Sans Culotte, renamed Orient, blew up at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Suffren 74 (1791) - Renamed Redoutable 1794, sank after Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
• Commerce de Marseille 120 - Captured by Britain at Toulon, 1793, BU 1802?
• Mont Blanc 74 (1791/93) - Laid down as Pyrrhus, renamed Mont Blanc 1793, renamed Trente et un Mai 1794, renamed Républicain 1795, renamed Mont Blanc (again) 1796
• Alexandre 74 (ex-British Alexander, captured 1793) - Captured by Britain 1795, renamed Alexander
• Barras 74 (1794?)
• Fougueux 74 (c. 1791/1794?)
• Cassard 74 (c. 1794)
• Héros 74 (1795)
• Séduisant 74 - Wrecked 1796
• Droits de l'Homme 74 - Wrecked 1797
• Duguay-Trouin 74 (1789/95/1800) - Captured by the United Kingdom 1805, renamed Implacable 1805, renamed Foudroyant 1943, scuttled 1949
• Formidable 74/80 (1795) - Captured by Britain 1795, renamed Belle Isle
• Berwick (1775, ex-British Berwick, captured 1795) - Captured by Britain and wrecked, 1805
• Franklin 80 (1797?) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798, renamed Canopus, sold 1887
• Dego 64 (1765, ex-Maltese San Zacharia, captured 1798) - Captured by Britain 1800
• Athenien 64 (1798, ex-Maltese San Giovanni, captured 1798) - Captured by Britain 1800, storm 1806
• Leander 53 (ex-British Leander, captured 1798) - Captured by Russia 1799, returned to Britain, hospital ship 1806, renamed Hygeia 1813
• Duquesne 74
• Guillaume Tell 80 - Captured by the Royal Navy in 1800
• Aquilon 74 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Mercure 74 - Captured and destroyed by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Heureux 74 - Captured and destroyed by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Généreux 74 - Captured by Britain 1800
• Spartiate 74 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• Commerce de Bordeaux 74 - Renamed Timoléon, destroyed by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
• (3 battleships) - Captured by Russia/Turkey 1799
• Alliance 74 (1783, ex-Spanish San Sebastian, obtained 1799) - Stricken 1807
• Indivisible 80 (1799) - Renamed Alexandre, captured by Britain 1807
• Hannibal 74 (1786, ex-British Hannibal, captured 1801)
• Conquérant 74 (1791, ex-Spanish Conquistador, obtained 1801) - Stricken 1804
• Intrépide 74 (1790, ex-Spanish Intrepido, obtained 1801) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, storm 1805
• Constitution 74
• Dix-Août 74
• Desaix 74 (1792, ex-Spanish Pelayo, obtained 1801) - Stricken 1804
• Ulysse 74 (1765, ex-Spanish San Genaro, obtained 1801) - Renamed Tourville, stricken 1822

[edit] First Empire

• Aigle
• Intrépide
• Atlas 74 (1754, ex-Spanish Atlante, obtained 1801) - Captured by Spain 1808, same name, BU 1817
• Heros 80 (1801) - Captured by Spain 1808, renamed Heroe, Stricken 1839
• République Française 120 (1802) - Renamed Majestueux 1803, BU 1839
• Achille 74 (c. 1803)
• Neptune 80 (1803) - Captured by Spain 1808, renamed Neptuno, BU 1820
• Algésiras 80 (1804) - Captured by Spain 1808, renamed Algeciras, stricken 1826
• Bucentaure 80 (1804?) - Flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar; sunk after the battle
• Pluton 74 (1805) - Captured by Spain 1808, same name, renamed Montañes, BU 1816
• Argonaute 74 (1755, ex-Spanish Vencedor/San Julian, obtained 1806) - Captured by Spain 1808, renamed Vencedor, wrecked 1810
• Marengo 74 - Captured by Britain 1807
• Vengeur 130 (1803) - Laid down as Peuple. Renamed Impérial 1803, wrecked 1806/07
• Brave 74 - Captured by Britain and foundered, 1807
• Jupiter 74 - Captured by Britain 1807, renamed Maida
• Diomède 74 - Wrecked 1807
• Charlemagne 74 (1807)
• Commerce de Lyon 74 (1807)
• Anversois 74 (1807)
• Illustre 74 (1807)
• Audacieux 74 (1807)
• Duguesclin 74 (1807)
• César 74 (1807)
• Thésée 74 (1807)
• Albanais 74
• Dalmate 74
• Austerlitz (1808) - BU 1837
• Triomphant 82 (c. 1809)
• Minerva 52 (ex-Portuguese Minerva, captured 1809)
• Sceptre 80
• Friedland 80 (1810)
• Tilsitt 80 (1810)
• Monarque 130 (1810) - Renamed Wagram 1810, BU 1836
• Monarque 110 - Same as previous?
• Hymen 110
• Rivoli 74 (c. 1811) - Captured by Britain 1812
• L'Inflexible (-) - Laid down as Roi de Romme. Not launched
• Royal Louis (-) - Laid down as L'Impérial. Not launched, BU 1825
• Montebello 114 (1812) - Stricken 1867, BU 1889
• Héros (1813) - BU 1828

[edit] Louis XVIII

[edit] Charles X

[edit] Louis-Philippe

• Souverain 114 (1819) - Converted to steam 1857, stricken 1882, BU 1905
• Lys 98 (1821)
• Trocadéro (1824) - Laid down as Formidable. Burned 1836
• Montmorency (c. 1826)
• Jupiter 80 (1831)
• Généreux 74 (1831)
• Hercule 100 (1836)
• Inflexible 90 (c. 1839) - Same as following?
• Friedland 114 (1840) - Laid down as L'Inflexible, then named Duc de Bordeaux. Hulked and renamed Colosse, 1865, BU 1879
• Jemmapes 100 (1840)
• Tage 100 (1847)
• Valmy 120 (1847)
• Henri IV 100 (1848)
• Iéna 82
• Inflexible 82
• Suffren 82
• Duperré 70

[edit] Second Republic

[edit] Second Empire

• Napoléon 90 (1850) - Stricken 1876
• Ville de Paris 114 (1850) - Formerly Marengo, Ville de Vienne and Comte d'Artois. Stricken 1882, BU 1898
• Charlemagne 80 (1851) - Transport 1867
• Austerlitz 86 (1852) - Stricken 1872
• Jean Bart 76 (1852) - Stricken 1869
• Duquesne 80 (1853) - Hulked 1867
• Fleurus 90 (1853) - Stricken 1869
• Prince Jerome 90 (1853) - Transport 1872
• Tourville 80 (1853) - Stricken 1872
• Navarin 90 (1854) - Transport 1873
• Louis XIV 114 (1854) - Formerly Tonnant. Stricken 1880, BU 1882
• Ulm 90 (1854) - Hulk 1867
• Wagram 90 (1854) - Stricken 1867
• Bretagne 130 (1855) - Training ship 1866
• Algesiras 90 (1855) - Transport 1869
• Arcole 90 (1855) - Stricken 1870
• Redoutable 90 (1855) - Stricken 1869
• Eylau 90 (1856) - Stricken 1877
• Impérial 90 (1856) - Hulked 1869
• Alexandre 90 (1857) - Stricken 1877
• Duguay-Trouin 82 - Stricken 1872
• Tage 82 - Transport 1875
• Turenne 82 - Stricken 1867
• Breslaw 80 - Stricken 1872
• Bayard 80 - Stricken 1872
• Donawerth 80 - Stricken 1880
• Tilsitt 80 - Stricken 1872
• St Louis 80 - Training ship 1881
• Fontenoy 80 - Transport 1881
• Ville de Nantes 90 (1858) - Stricken 1872
• Castiglione 90 (1860) - Stricken 1881
• Massena 90 (1860) - Stricken 1879
• Ville de Bordeaux 90 (1860) - Stricken 1879
• Ville de Lyon 90 (1861) - Stricken 1883

[edit] References

• A history of the French navy, from its beginnings to the present day (1973) - E. H. Jenkins ISBN 0356041964
• Conway's All the world's fighting ships, 1860-1905 (1979) - Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0851771335
• The 50-gun ship (c. 1997) - Rif Winfield ISBN 1861760256

[edit] See also

• Category:French Navy ships of the line
• History of the French Navy
• Category:Royal Navy ships of the line
• Océan type 118-gun ship of the line

[edit] External links

• Répertoire de vaisseau de ligne français de 1781 à 1815