French ship Suffren

To date, seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.

French ship named Suffren

• Suffren (1791–1794), a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line renamed Redoutable in 1794, famous for her defence at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which she killed Admiral Horatio Nelson.
• Suffren (1801–1815), a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line.
• Suffren (1824–1865), a 90-gun ship of the line.
• Suffren (1866–1897), an armoured frigate.
• Suffren (1899–1916), a battleship.
• Suffren (1926–1963), a heavy cruiser and name ship of the Suffren class.
• Suffren (D602, 1968–2008), a missile frigate.

Future vessels

• A nuclear attack submarine of the Barracuda class, planned to enter service in 2017, is scheduled to bear the name Suffren.^[1]

Ships of the French Navy named Suffren
The Redoutable (ex-Suffren of 1791) at Trafalgar  1/20th scale model of Suffren (1824–1865), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris  Suffren (1899–1916)  Suffren (1926–1963)  Suffren (D602, 1968–2008)

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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. 
• Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Suffren. NetMarine.net. Retrieved 2011-12-02.