French ship Indomptable

French ship Indomptable

Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name "Indomptable":

* The 80-gun ship "Indomptable" (1789-1805) which fought at the "Bataille du 13 prairial an II" and the Battle of Trafalgar
* A gunship (1810-1813), captured by the English 38-gun frigate "Bacchante"
* An armoured coast-guard (1877-1910).
* A "contre-torpilleur" (1933-1942), destroyed in the Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in 1942
* The "Indomptable" was the fourth "Redoutable" class submarine


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