French ship Liberté

Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Liberté, in honour of the concept of Liberty.

Ships

• Liberté (1792), a felucca[1]
• Dictateur (1782), a 74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line, was renamed to Liberté during her career[1]
• Liberté (1793), a floating battery captured from the Dutch[1]
• Liberté (1793), a small craft[1]
• Liberté (1794), a brig[1]
• Salamine (1793), a Spanish prize brig, bore the name Liberté during her French career[1]
• Liberté (1795), a 16-gun corvette[1]
• Liberté (1799), a corvette[1]
• Revolver (1869), a gunboat, bore the name Liberté during her career[1]
• Liberté (1907), a pre-dreadnought battleship, lead ship of her class[2][note 1]
• Liberté (1915), an auxiliary submarine hunter[2]

See also

• French ship Libre[1]
• Libérateur d'Italie (1797), a lugger.[1]
• Liberté française (1800), an 8-gun bombship.[1]

Notes and references

Notes

1. or member of the République class according to Roche (vol.2, p.308)

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.280
2. Roche, vol.2, p.308

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. 280. 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.