Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Victoire ("Victory"):

Ships named Victoire

  • Victoire (1638), a 34-gun ship of the line.[1]
  • Victoire (1657), a 30-gun ship of the line.[2]
  • Victoire (1664), a galley.[2]
  • Arrogant (1671), a 28-gun ship of the line, bore the name Victoire early in her career.[2]
  • Victoire (1674), a galley.[2]
  • Victoire (1681), a galley.[2]
  • Victoire (1682), Fière, a galley, bore the name Victoire during her career.[2]
  • Victoire (1691), a galley.[2]
  • Victoire (1704), a 26-gun frigate.[2]
  • Victoire (1757), a 40-gun frigate.[2]
  • Victoire (1770), a 74-gun ship of the line.[2]
  • Languedoc (1766), a 80-gun ship of the line, bore the name Victoire late in her career.[2]
  • Victoire (1979), a fluyt.[2]
  • Victoire (1797), the captured Venetian ship Vittoria.[2]
  • Victoire (1798), a gunboat,[2] that the British captured on 8 March 1801 on the Nile
  • Victoire (1798), a captured Papal galley.[2]
  • Victoire (1799), an aviso.[2]
  • Duchesse du Berry (1816), a 46-gun frigate, bore the name Victoire during her career.[2]
  • Victoire (1830), a fluyt .[2]
  • Victoire (1861), a sail and steam frigate.[2]
  • Victoire (1910), a tugboat.[3]
  • Victoire (1949), a tugboat.[3]

Ships with similar names

  • French ship Victor
  • French ship Victorieux
  • French ship Victorieuse
  • Victory (1813), ship in French service under Ensign Durbec, captured by the British at Cassis on 18 August 1813.[4]
  • Chasseur, a 4-gun ship, bore the name Victoire du grand Cincinnatus during her career.[4]
  • Victoire III (1917), a tugboat.[3]

See also

Citations

  1. ↑ Roche (2005a), p. 461, volume 1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Roche (2005a), p. 462, volume 1.
  3. 1 2 3 Roche (2005b), p. 525, volume 2.
  4. 1 2 Roche (2005a), p. 463, volume 1.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005b). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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