French ship Redoutable
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Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):
Ships named Redoutable
[edit]- 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 (1795), 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][a]
- Redoutable (1855), 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
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The 74-gun Redoutable (1795) at the Battle of Trafalgar. -
The ironclad Redoutable (1876) -
Ajax, sister ship of Redoutable (Q136) (1930) -
The nuclear submarine Redoutable (S611) (1971)
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Roche (2005a), p. 372, volume 1.
- ^ a b c d e f Roche (2005a), p. 373, volume 1.
- ^ a b c Roche (2005b), p. 417, volume 2.
Bibliography
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to the Present Day]. Vol. I: 1670–1870. 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 [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to the Present Day]. Vol. II: 1870–2006. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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