French ship Couronne

French Navy
(Marine Nationale)

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Fourteen ships of the French Navy or the Galley Corps (which was separate from the Navy) of the Ancien Régime or Empire have borne the name Couronne ("crown"):

• Couronne (1636), the first major warship to be built in France – actually launched in 1632/33
• Couronne (1664), a flûte or storeship (1664–1677)
• Couronne (1664), a galley (1665–1675) built as Vendôme in 1663 but renamed Couronne in 1665
• Couronne (1669), an 82-gun ship of the line (1669–1712)
• Couronne (1674), a 6-gun fire ship (1674–1677)
• Couronne (1677), a galley (1677–1686)
• Couronne (1686), a galley (1686–1696)
• Couronne (1697), a galley (1697–1716)
• Couronne (1749), a 74-gun ship of the line (1749–1795)
• Couronne (1768), an 80-gun ship of the line (1768–1781)
• Couronne an 80-gun ship. Renamed Ça Ira in 1793, captured by Britain 1795. She was destroyed in an accidental fire in 1796.
• Minerve (1836), a 32-gun frigate, bore the name Couronne while under construction as a Téméraire-class ship of the line
• Couronne (1813), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line (1813)
• Couronne (1824), a Téméraire-class 80-gun ship of the line (1824–1869)
• Couronne (1861), a iron-hulled derivative of the Gloire-class ironclad