French ship Téméraire

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16 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Téméraire ("bold" or "temerarious"). Note that several British ships have had the same name, see HMS Temeraire.

• a ship of the line (1669-1694). Built in Brest in 1669 as Ardent, launched in 1671 as Téméraire. She took part in the campaign in Sicilia (1676), in the battle of Bévézier (10 July 1690) and the Battle of Barfleur (29 May 1692). She also took part in the Battle of Lagos (1693). She was sunk by the English HMS Montagu on the 9 December 1694.
• a ship of the line (1695-1718).
• a West Indiaman (1726-1737).
• a ship of the line (1748-1794). She was captured by the English HMS Warspite at the Battle of Lagos (1759) on the 19 August 1759, and became HMS Temeraire.
• a cutter (1780-1784).
• a ship of the line (1782-1801). She took part in the bataille du 13 prairial an 2.
• a cutter (1795), captured by HMS Dido in 1795.
• an unidentified ship (1795).
• a xebec (1795) renamed to Tympan in 1795.
• a privateer aviso (1803-1811).
• a privateer (1809), captured by HMS Hind on the 29 September 1809.
• a privateer schooner (1810) captured by HMS Fawn on the 11 October 1810.
• a privateer (1812).
• a torpedo boat (1889-1911).
• a torpedo boat (1911-1936), built for Argentina as San Juan, requisitioned for the war and renamed to Téméraire in 1914.
• a torpedo boat (1944), sunk in a bombing in Toulon in August 1944.
• the present Téméraire is the second submarine of the Triomphant class.