French ship Lion

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At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:

Ships named Lion[]

  • , a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career[1]
  • , a 42-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career[1]
  • , a 40-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career[1]
  • (1694), a fireship[1]
  • , a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of [1]
  • , a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career[1]
  • (1794), a corvette[1]
  • Cassard (1795), a 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career[1]
  • Lion (1804), a Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1804 and scuttled and burnt in 1809[1]

Other ships with similar names[]

  • , a 27-gun fluyt, ex-Briton Lion captured from the British[3]
  • , a 28-gun ship of the line[3]
  • , a 22-gun ship of the line[3]
  • , a 46-gun ship of the line, bore the name Lion de Smaland during her career[3]
  • , a 24-gun ship of the line, also originally named Lion rouge[3]
  • , a fireship, bore the name Lion d'Or during her career[3]
  • , a 40-gun ship of the line, possibly the captured Turkish ship Al Assad el Ahmar.[3]
  • , an armed ketch[2]
  • , an armed trawler[2]

Ships named Lionne are at .

Notes and references[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Roche (2005a), p. 282.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Roche (2005b), p. 310.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Roche (2005a), p. 283.

Bibliography[]

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). 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 (2005b). 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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