French ship Suffren

To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren.

French ships named Suffren

French ship Suffren (1791) (1791–1794), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line renamed Redoutable in 1794, famous for her defence at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which she killed Admiral Horatio Nelson.
French ship Suffren (1801) (1801–1815), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line.
French ship Suffren (1824) (1824–1865), a 90-gun ship of the line.
French ironclad Suffren (1866–1897), an armoured frigate.
French battleship Suffren (1899–1916), a battleship.
French cruiser Suffren (1926–1963), a heavy cruiser and name ship of the Suffren class.
French frigate Suffren (1968–2008), a guided missile frigate.
French submarine Suffren, a Barracuda-class submarine launched in 2019

Ships of the French Navy named Suffren

Redoutable (ex-Suffren of 1791) at Trafalgar
¹⁄₂₀th scale model of Suffren (1824–1865), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
Suffren (1899–1916)
Suffren (1926–1963)
Suffren (D602, 1968–2008)

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 372–373. 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. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Suffren. NetMarine.net. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

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