French ship Le Téméraire

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

  • Téméraire, a 54-gun ship of the line (1669-1694).
  • Téméraire, a 50-gun ship of the line (1695-1718).
  • Téméraire, a West Indiaman (1726-1737).
  • Téméraire, a 74-gun ship of the line (1748-1794). She was captured by the English HMS Warspite at the Battle of Lagos on the 19 August 1759, and became HMS Temeraire.
  • Téméraire, a cutter (1780-1784).
  • Téméraire, a ship of the line (1782-1801), lead ship of the Téméraire class. She took part in the bataille du 13 prairial an 2.
  • Téméraire, a cutter launched as Révolutionnaire and renamed in 1795. Captured by HMS Dido on 13 April 1795. Recaptured the next month.
  • Téméraire, a cutter. Captured by HMS Dido on 9 July 1795.
  • Téméraire, a privateer aviso (1803-1811).
  • Téméraire, a privateer (1809), captured by HMS Hind on the 29 September 1809.
  • Téméraire, a privateer schooner (1810) captured by HMS Fawn on the 11 October 1810.
  • Téméraire, a privateer (1812).
  • Téméraire, a torpedo boat (1889-1911).
  • Téméraire, a torpedo boat (1911-1936), built for Argentina as San Juan, requisitioned for the war and renamed to Téméraire in 1914.
  • Téméraire, a torpedo boat (1944), sunk in a bombing in Toulon in August 1944.
  • Téméraire (S 617), the second submarine of the Triomphant class, presently in active service.

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