French ship Suffren
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To date, seven ships of the French Navy
have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren:
Future vessels
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren:
- SuffrenFrench ship Redoutable (1791)The Redoutable was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She is known for her duel with HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar and for killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action.- Early career :...
(1791–1794), a Téméraire classTéméraire class ship of the lineThe Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built....
74-gun ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
renamed Redoutable in 1794, famous for her defence at the Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
in 1805, during which she killed Admiral Horatio Nelson. - SuffrenFrench ship Suffren (1801)The Suffren was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.Suffren took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805 under Captain Amable Troude....
(1801–1815), a Téméraire classTéméraire class ship of the lineThe Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built....
74-gun ship of the line. - SuffrenFrench ship Suffren (1824)The Suffren was a 90-gun Ship of the line of the French Navy named in honour of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, lead ship of her class.The Suffren was the first ship of the line built with straight sides....
(1824–1865), a 90-gun ship of the line. - SuffrenFrench ironclad SuffrenSuffren was a wooden-hulled, armored frigate of the , built for the French Navy in the mid to late 1860s as an improvement over the . Although she was laid down in 1866, the ship was not launched until 1872 and commissioned in 1876...
(1866–1897), an armoured frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
. - SuffrenFrench battleship SuffrenSuffren was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, launched in July 1899. She was named after French Vice Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez. The ship was originally intended to be a modified version of the design with more firepower and better armour...
(1899–1916), a battleshipBattleshipA battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
. - SuffrenFrench cruiser SuffrenThe Suffren was a heavy cruiser of the French Navy, the name ship of the four-ship Suffren class. Launched in 1927, she was named for the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, becoming the sixth vessel to bear the name Suffren.-World War II:In early June 1940, at the...
(1926–1963), a heavy cruiserHeavy cruiserThe heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm calibre . The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term 'heavy cruiser' only came into formal use in 1930...
and name ship of the Suffren classSuffren class cruiserThe Suffren class was a class of four heavy cruisers built for the French Navy in the late 1920s and early 1930s.The four ships of the class were:* Colbert, scuttled at Toulon during the scuttling of 27 November 1942....
. - Suffren (D602, 1968–2008), a missile frigateMissile FrigateMissile Frigate can represent:# frigate type warships whose primary weapons are missiles# a type of ship in the online game TradeWars 2002...
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Future vessels
- A nuclear attack submarine of the Barracuda class, planned to enter service in 2017, is scheduled to bear the name Suffren.