French ship Vengeur
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vengeur ("Avenger"):
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Ships named Vengeur
- Vengeur (1765) (1765–1785), a 64-gun ship of the line
- Vengeur (1790)} (1790–1792), a Téméraire-class ship of the line
- Vengeur (1794), a 20-gun corvette
- Vengeur (1799)} (1799), an 8-gun schooner
- Vengeur (1803)} (1803–1806), a 120-gun Océan-class ship of the line
- Vengeur (1872)} (1872–1905), an armoured coast guard
- Vengeur, a Monitor type ironclad of 1882.
- Vengeur (Q137)} (1931–1942), a Redoutable-class submarine, eventually scuttled with the Toulon fleet in 1942
Ships with similar names
- The 74-gun ship of the line Marseillois (or Marseillais) was renamed Vengeur du Peuple ("Avenger of the People) in 1791, and was often referred to simply as Vengeur – this ship fought, and was sunk, at the Third Battle of Ushant on 1 June 1794.
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References
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-24-1.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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