French ship Gloire

15 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Gloire ("glory"). Among them:

• Gloire (1691), an ordinary galley
• Gloire (1707), a 40-gun frigate
• Gloire (1726), an ordinary galley
• Gloire (1727), a 46-gun ship of the line
• Gloire (1742), a 40-gun ship of the line
• Gloire (1762), a 16-gun corvette
• Gloire, an Iphigénie class 32-gun frigate. Launched in 1778, she was captured by the British in 1795 and put into service as HMS Gloire until she was sold in 1802.
• Gloire (1797), the Venitian flagship galley Gloria, captured in May 1797.
• Gloire (1801), a corvette
• Gloire (1803–1812), a 44-gun frigate, was captured on 25 September 1806 and was brought into British service as HMS Gloire; she was broken up in 1812.
• Gloire (1811), a 46-gun frigate
• Gloire (1837), a 52-gun frigate
• Gloire (1858–1883), the first ocean-going ironclad battleship in history.
• Gloire (1899–1922), an armoured cruiser.
• Gloire (1933–1958), a La Galissonnière-class cruiser

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 225–226. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.