French ship Redoutable

Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):

Ships

• Redoutable (1749), 74-gun ship of the line. She took part in the landing in Mahon under Admiral la Galissonière. She was destroyed in Lagos in 1759.^[1]
• Redoutable (1791), a 74-gun ship of the line. One of her snipers killed Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.^[2]
• Redoutable (1800), an aviso captured by HMS Success on 26 June 1800.^[2]
• Redoutable (1801) a coastguard.^[2]
• Redoutable (1804) a Xebec.^{[2][Note 1]}
• Redoutable (1853), an Algésiras-class ship of the line.^[2]
• Redoutable (1876), the first warship in the world to be built in steel.^[3]
• Redoutable (Q136, 1930), lead ship of the Redoutable class submarine before the Second World War.^[3]
• Redoutable (S 611, 1971), first SNLE submarine of the French Navy, now a museum and the largest submarine in the world open to the public.^[3]

Ships of the French Navy named Redoutable
The 74-gun Redoutable (1791) at the Battle of Trafalgar.  The Borda, sister-ship of the 90-gun Redoutable  The ironclad Redoutable (1876)  The Ajax, sister-ship of Redoutable (Q136, 1930)  The nuclear submarine Redoutable (S 611, 1971)

See also

• HMS Redoubtable

Notes and References

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 372-373. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. 
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. 

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