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 |
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| The Borda, sister-ship of the 90-gun Redoutable |
| The Ajax, sister-ship of Redoutable (Q136, 1930) |
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See also
Notes and References
Notes
- ↑ The Redoutables of 1801 and 1804 might actually be the same ship (Roche, p.373)
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.
