French ship Lion
At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:
Ships named Lion
- Sauveur (1671), a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
- Canadien (1676), a 42-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
- Écueil (1678), a 40-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
- Lion (1694), a fireship [1]
- Lion (1752), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class [1]
- Formidable (1790), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
- Lion (1794), a corvette [1]
- Cassard (1795), a Vétéran-class 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career [1]
- Lion (1803), a Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1804 and scuttled and burnt in 1809. [1]
- Lion (1885), an Aspic-class gunboat [2]
- Lion (1916), an armed trawler, ex-Brazilian Ernestina [2]
- Lion (1918), an armed boat [2]
- French destroyer Lion, a Guépard-class destroyer launched in 1929 and scuttled in 1942. [2]
- Lion (1983), a Léopard-class training ship [2]
Other ships with similar names
- Lion britannique (1781), a 27-gun fluyt, ex-Briton Lion captured from the British [3]
- Lion Couronné (1643), a 28-gun ship of the line [3]
- Lion Couronné (1665), a 22-gun ship of the line [3]
- Éminent (1647), a 46-gun ship of the line, bore the name Lion de Smaland during her career [3]
- Lion d'Or (1665), a 24-gun ship of the line, also originally named Lion rouge [3]
- Serpent (1665), a fireship, bore the name Lion d'Or during her career [3]
- Lion rouge (1666), a 40-gun ship of the line, possibly the captured Turkish ship Al Assad el Ahmar. [3]
- Lion II (1917), an armed ketsch [2]
- Lion II (1939), an armed trawler [2]
Ships named Lionne are at French ship Lionne.
Notes and references
Notes
References
- Roche (2005), p. 282, volume 1.
- Roche (2005), p. 310, volume 2.
- Roche (2005), p. 283, volume 1.
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. 282. 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. 20. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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