French ship Brave

Not to be confused with HMS Brave.

A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Brave. Among them:

• Prince (1668), a 48-gun ship of the line, was named Brave during part of her career.
• Brave (1671), a galley
• Reine (1671), a 48-gun ship of the line, was named Brave during part of her career.
• Brave (1672), a 56-gun ship of the line
• Brave (1675), a 50-gun ship of the line
• Triomphant (1675), a 74-gun ship of the line, was named Brave during part of her career.
• Brave (1679), a galley
• Brave (1683), a 60-gun ship of the line
• Brave (1687), a galley
• Brave (1726), an ordinary galley
• Brave (1746), an ordinary galley
• Duc de Bourgogne (1752), an 80-gun ship of the line, was named Brave during part of her career.
• Brave (1762), a gunboat
• Brave (1781), a 74-gun ship of the line
• Brave (1793), a brig, was renamed Arrogante; the Royal Navy captured her in 1798 and she became HMS Arrogante and then HMS Insolent. She was sold in 1818.
• Cassard (1795), a Téméraire-class ship of the line, was named Brave and Dix-août during part of her career.

Ships with related names

• Citoyen (1793), a xebec, was named Brave sans culotte during part of her career.
• Bravoure (1795), a 40-gun Cocarde-class frigate.

Sources and references

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.