French ship Achille

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Nine French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:

• Achille (1705), a 70-gun ship of the line
• Achille (1748), a 64-gun ship of the line
• The 74-gun Annibal (1778), was renamed Achille in 1786. She was taken in the bataille du 13 Prairial and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Achille before being broken up at Plymouth in 1796.
• Achille (1793), a fluyt
• Achille (1803), a 74-gun Téméraire class ship of the line launched in 1803, which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where she exploded.
• Achille (1806), a ferry
• Achille (1827), a converted sail ship
• Achille (1848), a converted sail ship
• Achille(Q147) (1933–1940), a Redoutable class submarine

Also, the 74-gun ship Illustre (1807), renamed to Dantzig in 1807, and to Achille in 1815.

See also

• HMS Achille