French ship Iéna

Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Iéna in honour of the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt:

Iéna was a 20-gun privateer corvette launched in 1807 as Revenant, renamed Iéna in 1808 but captured by the British that year and renamed HMS Victor.
French brig Iéna (1810), a brig.
French ship Iéna (1814), a 110-gun ship of the line launched in 1814, struck in 1864 and hulked until 1915.
French battleship Iéna, launched in 1898 and sold for scrap in 1912.

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