French ship Vengeur
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Seven ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Vengeur or Le Vengeur ("Avenger"):
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 Vengeur or Le Vengeur ("Avenger"):
- VengeurFrench ship Vengeur (1765)The Vengeur was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence....
(1765-1785), a 64-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...
, that saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence. - Vengeur (1790-1792), a Téméraire class ship of the lineTéméraire 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....
- Vengeur (1794), a 20-gun corvette full name "Vengeur du Peuple"
- Vengeur (1799), a 8-gun schooner
- VengeurFrench ship Vengeur (1803)The Vengeur was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané....
(1803-1806), a 120-gun Océan class ship of the lineOcéan class ship of the lineThe Océan-type ships of the line were a series of 16 first-rate 118-gun ships of the line of the French navy, designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané. Fifteen were completed from 1788 on, with the last one entering service in 1854... - Vengeur (1872-1905), an armoured coast guard
- Vengeur, a Monitor type ironclad of 1882.
- Vengeur (Q137) (1931-1942), a Redoutable class submarineLe Redoutable class submarine (1931)The Redoutable class submarines were ocean-going submarines of the French Navy during the Second World War. They were officially called "Long patrol submarines" , or "Type 1 submarines"...
, eventually scuttled with the ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
fleet in 1942
See also
- Le Vengeur, privateerPrivateerA privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...
involved in the Action of 22 January 1794 against a fleet of British East IndiamenEast IndiamenAn East Indiaman was a ship operating under charter or license to any of the East India Companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries...
. - A 74-gun ship of the line of the French Republican Navy also bore the name Vengeur du PeupleFrench ship Vengeur du PeupleThe Vengeur du Peuple was a 74 gun ship of the line of the French Navy launched in 1762.Originally offered by the city of Marseille, and named the Marseillois , she saw action during the American War of Independence...
("Avenger of the People) around 1794, and was sometimes referred to simply as "Le Vengeur" - this ship fought, and was sunk, at the Third Battle of UshantGlorious First of JuneThe Glorious First of June [Note A] of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars...
on 1 June 1794.