French ship Suffren

To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.

French ships named Suffren

• French ship Suffren (1791) (1791–1794), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line renamed Redoutable in 1794, famous for her defence at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which she killed Admiral Horatio Nelson.
• French ship Suffren (1801) (1801–1815), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line.
• French ship Suffren (1824) (1824–1865), a 90-gun ship of the line.
• French ironclad Suffren (1866–1897), an armoured frigate.
• French battleship Suffren (1899–1916), a battleship.
• French cruiser Suffren (1926–1963), a heavy cruiser and name ship of the Suffren class.
• French frigate Suffren (1968–2008), a guided missile frigate.
• French submarine Suffren, a Barracuda-class submarine launched in 2019

Ships of the French Navy named Suffren

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  Redoutable (ex-Suffren of 1791) at Trafalgar
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  ​¹⁄₂₀th scale model of Suffren (1824–1865), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
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  Suffren (1899–1916)
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  Suffren (1926–1963)
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  Suffren (D602, 1968–2008)

Notes and references

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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.
• Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Suffren. NetMarine.net. Retrieved 2011-12-02.