French ship Redoutable
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):
Ships named Redoutable
- 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 (1928) (1930), lead ship of the Redoutable-class submarines before the Second World War[3]
- Redoutable (S611) (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
Redoutable (1749) at the Battle of Minorca (1756)
The 74-gun Redoutable (1791) at the Battle of Trafalgar.
The ironclad Redoutable (1876)
Ajax, sister ship of Redoutable (Q136) (1930)
The nuclear submarine Redoutable (S611) (1971)
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- The Redoutables of 1801 and 1804 might actually be the same ship (Roche, p.373)
References
- Roche (2005), p. 372, volume 1.
- Roche (2005), p. 373, volume 1.
- Roche (2005), p. 417, volume 2.
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.