French ship Lion

At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:

Ships named Lion

  • Sauveur (1671), a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
  • Canadien (1676), a 42-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
  • Écueil (1678), a 40-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
  • Lion (1694), a fireship [1]
  • Lion (1752), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class [1]
  • Formidable (1790), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
  • Lion (1794), a corvette [1]
  • Cassard (1795), a Vétéran-class 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
  • Lion (1803), a Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1804 and scuttled and burnt in 1809. [1]

Other ships with similar names

  • Lion britannique (1781), a 27-gun fluyt, ex-Briton Lion captured from the British [3]
  • Lion Couronné (1643), a 28-gun ship of the line [3]
  • Lion Couronné (1665), a 22-gun ship of the line [3]
  • Éminent (1647), a 46-gun ship of the line, bore the name Lion de Smaland during her career [3]
  • Lion d'Or (1665), a 24-gun ship of the line, also originally named Lion rouge [3]
  • Serpent (1665), a fireship, bore the name Lion d'Or during her career [3]
  • Lion rouge (1666), a 40-gun ship of the line, possibly the captured Turkish ship Al Assad el Ahmar. [3]
  • Lion II (1917), an armed ketsch [2]
  • Lion II (1939), an armed trawler [2]

Ships named Lionne are at French ship Lionne.

Notes and references

Notes

    References

    1. Roche (2005), p. 282, volume 1.
    2. Roche (2005), p. 310, volume 2.
    3. Roche (2005), p. 283, volume 1.

    Bibliography

    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 282. 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. 20. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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