French ship Brillant

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Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Brillant:

• Brilliant (1680) a 50-gun ship of the line (1670)
• Brilliant (1672) a 40-gun ship of the line (1672)
• Brilliant (1678) a 56-gun ship of the line (1678)
• Brilliant (1690) a 64-gun ship of the line (1690)
• Brilliant (1725) a 56-gun ship of the line (1725)
• Brilliant (1758) a 56-gun ship of the line (1758)
• Brilliant (1774) a 56-gun ship of the line (1774)
• Brilliant (1794) a small captured English ship (1794)
• Brilliant (1814) a 82-gun ship of the line (1814)