French ship Vengeur

Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vengeur or Le Vengeur ("Avenger"):

• Vengeur (1765-1785), a 64-gun ship of the line, that saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence.
• Vengeur (1790-1792), a Téméraire class ship of the line
• Vengeur (1794), a 20-gun corvette full name "Vengeur du Peuple"
• Vengeur (1799), a 8-gun schooner
• Vengeur (1803-1806), a 120-gun Océan class ship of the line
• Vengeur (1872-1905), an armoured coast guard
• Vengeur, a Monitor type ironclad of 1882.
• Vengeur (Q137) (1931-1942), a Redoutable class submarine, eventually scuttled with the Toulon fleet in 1942

See also

• Le Vengeur, privateer involved in the Action of 22 January 1794 against a fleet of British East Indiamen.
• A 74-gun ship of the line of the French Republican Navy also bore the name Vengeur du Peuple ("Avenger of the People) around 1794, and was sometimes referred to simply as "Le Vengeur" - this ship fought, and was sunk, at the Third Battle of Ushant on 1 June 1794.