List of ships of the line of France

This is a list of French broadside battleships of the period 1640-1861:
Sections stating the ruler in power are provided as chronological references. Not quite complete yet.

=Louis XIV=

*Monarque 94
*? (ex-Algerine, captured 1665, ex-Dutch "Giardino d'Olanda (Hollandsche Tuyn") 40)
*Courtisan 40
*Croissant 44
*Thérèse 58/70 - Blew up 1669
*Soleil Royal (1670?) - Burnt at the Battle of Beachy Head, 1690
*Illustre 70
*Téméraire 50
*Admirable 68
*Terrible 70
*Conquérant 70
*Prince 50
*Bourbon 50
*Hazardeux 38
*Alcyon 46
*Vaillant 50
*Foudroyant 70
*Brave 54
*Aquilon 50
*Tonnant 58
*Saint-Philippe 78
*Grand 70
*Duc 50
*Éole 38
*Oriflamme 50
*Excellent 50
*Arrogant 38
*Fort 60
*Rubis 46
*Galant 46
*Sans-Pareil 66
*Superbe 70
*Sage 50
*Hardi 38
*Heureux 50
*Invincible 70
*La Reine 104
*Orgueilleux 70
*Breton 56
*Jeux 40
*Pompeux 72
*Sceptre 80
*Saint-Esprit 70
*Saint-Michel 60
*Sirène 44
*Trident 44-50 (c. 1688) - Captured by England 1695, same name
*Maure 44-50 (1688) - Captured by Britain 1710, renamed "Moor"
*François 44-50 (c. 1688) - Deleted 1722
*Fleuron 50-56 (c. 1688)
*Fortuné 50-56 (1689) - Burnt 1707
*Invincible 54 - Captured by England 1694
*Perle 50-56 (c. 1690) - Lost 1709
*Adroit 44-50 (1691) - Sunk 1703
*Entendu 50-56 (1691) - Deleted 1701
*Indien 50-56 (c. 1692) - Lost 1699
*Capable 50-56 (1693) - Deleted 1706
*Bon 50-56 (c. 1693) - Deleted 1703
*Gaillard 50-56 (c. 1694) - Captured by Britain 1710
*Volontaire 44-50 (c. 1695) - Captured by England and destroyed, 1702
*Fougueux 50-56 (1695) - Captured by England 1696, sank 1696
*Téméraire 50-56 (1695) Deleted 1723
*Solide 50-56 (c. 1695) - Captured by England and destroyed, 1702
*Hope 70 (ex-English "Hope", captured 1695)
*Mercure 50-56 (c. 1696) - Captured by England 1746
*Assuré 60 (1697) - Captured by England 1702 and renamed "Assurance" 70, BU 1712
*Hasard 52 (c. 1698) - Captured by England 1703, renamed "Hazardous"
*Adélaïde 44-50 (c. 1698) - Wrecked 1714
*Renommée 44-50 (c. 1699) - Deleted 1723
*Auguste 54 - Captured by England 1704
*Magnanime 74 - Wrecked and scutted 1705
*Fleur-de-lis 86 - Wrecked 1705
*Arrogant 60 - Captured by England 1705
*Ardente 66 - Captured by Netherlands 1705
*Marquis 56 - Captured by Netherlands 1705
*Toulouse 50-56 (c. 1703) - Captured by Britain 1711, renamed "Thoulouse"?
*Triton 50-56 (1703) - Deleted 1720
*Pendennis 48 (ex-English "Pendennis", captured 1705)
*Protée 44-50 (1705) - Formerly "Amphytrite". Deleted 1722
*Griffon 44-50 (c. 1705) - Captured by Britain 1712
*Lys (1705)
*Content 64 - Sunk 1706
*Bourbon 50-56 (c. 1706) - Captured by Netherlands 1707
*? 50 (ex-Dutch "Hardenbroek", captured 1706) - To Russia 1712 as "Esperans" 44
*Cumberland 80 (1695, ex-British "Cumberland", captured 1707) - To Genoa 1715, to Spain 1717, renamed "Principe de Asturias", captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro, 1718, to Austria 1720, renamed "San Carlos", BU 1733
*Le Superbe (c. 1708) - Captured by Britain 1710 and renamed "Superb" 64, BU 1732
*Grand Vainqueur 54 (c. 1706, ex-Dutch "Overwinnaer", captured 1708) - To Britain, to Russia 1712 as "Viktoria"
*Gloucester 60/64 (ex-British "Gloucester", captured 1709) - To Genoa 1711, to Spain 1720, renamed "Conquistador" 62/64, stricken 1738
*Hampshire 50 (ex-British "Hampshire", captured 1709)
*Le Beau Parterre (c. 1710, ex-Dutch "Schonauwen", captured 1711) - Intended for Russia but captured on delivery voyage by Sweden 1713/14, renamed "Kronskepp"

=Louis XV=

*"Content" 50-56 (1717)
* "Argonaute" 44-50 (c. 1722)
* "Néreïde" 44-50 (c. 1722) Deleted 1743
*"Parfaite" 44-50 (1723) - Burned 1746
*"Jason" 50 (1724) - Captured by Britain 1747, same name
*"Foudroyant" (1724) - BU 1742
* "Tigre" 50-56 (1724)
* "Alcyon" 50-56 (1726) - Burnt 1757
* "Gloire" 44-50 (1727) - Captured by Britain 1747, renamed "Glory"
* "Rubis" 44-50 (c. 1728) - Captured by Britain 1747, same name
* "Fleuron" 64 (1730)
* "Aquilon" 44-50 (1733) - Destroyed 1756
* "Diamant" 56 (1733) - Captured by Britain 1747, renamed "Isis"
* "Borée" (1735)
* "Dauphin-Royal" 70 (1735/38)
* "Apollon" 50-56 (c. 1738) - Destroyed 1758
*"Auguste" 44-50 (1739) - Captured by Britain 1746, renamed "Portland's Prize"
*"Terrible" (74) (launched 1739 at Toulon) - Captured by the RN in October 1747 and added to the RN as HMS "Terrible", BU in 1763
* "Mars" (1739)
* "St-Michel" 60 (1741)
* "Alcide" 64 (c. 1742) - Captured by Britain 1754
* "Lys" - Captured by Britain 1754
* "Royal-Louis" 124 (-) - Burned 1742
* "Caribou" 50-56 (c. 1743) - Deleted 1757
*"Tonnant" 80 (1743)
*"Invincible" (74) (launched 1744 at Rochefort) - Captured by the RN in May 1747 and added to the RN as HMS "Invincible", wrecked in February 1758
*"Magnanine" (74) (launched 1744 at Rochefort) - Captured by the RN in January 1748 and added to the RN as HMS "Magnanime", BU in 1775.
*"Aurore" 44-50 (c. 1744) - Deleted 1753
*"Oriflamme" 50-56 (1744) - Captured by Britain 1761
*"Ferme" 50-56 - Captured by Britain 1746
*"Arc-en-Ciel" 50-56 (c. 1745) - Captured by British HMS "Lichfield" off Louisbourg, Nova Scotia 1756 [cite web | url=http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/18l.HTM | accessdate = 2007-03-18 | title = Ships of the 18th Century Royal Navy L | work = Maritime History and Naval Heritage Web Site]
*"Fier" 50 (1745) - Deleted 1780
*"Conquérant" (74) (launched 1747 at Brest)
*"Intrépide" (74) (launched 1747 at Brest)
*"Sceptre" (74) (launched 1747 at Brest)
*"Triton" 64 (1747)
*"Amphion" 50 (1748)
*"Hardi" 64 (1748)- Captured by the Royal Navy at Toulon in August 1793 but retaken by the French in December 1793
*"Magnifique" 74 (1749)
*"Amphion" 50-56 (1749) - Deleted 1787
*"Hyppopotame" 50-56 (c. 1749) - Renamed "Fier Rodrigue" 1776
*"Aigle" 50-56 (1750) - Stranded 1765
*"Héros" 74 (1750)
*"Bizarre" 64 (1751)
*"Duc de Bourgogne" 80 (1751)
*"Lion" 64 (1751)
*"Hector" 74 (1752)
*"Guerrier" 74 (1753) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, Captured by Britain and destroyed at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
*Vaillant 64 (1753)
*"Diadème" 74 (1756)
*"Glorieux" 74 (1756) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Saintes, 1782, renamed "Glorious"
*Océan (1756)
*"Orient" 74 (1756) - Wrecked in the East Indies 1782
*"Minotaure" 74 (1757)
*"Protecteur" 74 (1757)
*"Souverain" 74 (1757) - Captured by the Royal Navy at Toulon in August 1793 but retaken by the French in December 1793, Renamed "Peuple-Souverain" c. 1794, captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
*"Fantasque" 64 (1758)
*"Robuste" 74 (1758) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate
*"Royal Louis" 116 (1758) - BU 1772
* "Sans Pareil" 108 (c. 1760)
* ? (ex-Maltese "San Salvadore", obtained 1760/61, ex-Turkish "Corona Ottomana" 70/80, mutinied and handed over 1760) - Returned to Turkey 1761
* "Sagittaire" 50 (1761) - Formerly 64 guns. Deleted 1787
* "Bordelais" 50-56 (1763) - Deleted 1778
* "Ferme" 50-56 (1763) - Deleted 1774
* "Citoyen" 74 (1763/64)
* "Flamand" 56 (1763)
* "Provence" 64 (1763)
*"Union" 64 (1763)
*Zélé 74 (1763)
*"Ville de Paris" 90 (1764) - Laid down as "Impétueux". Enlarged to 104 guns, captured by Britain at the Battle of the Saintes, 1782, sank 1782
*"Utile" 50-56 (1764) - Deleted 1771 or 1780?
*"Bien Aimé" 114 (c. 1765)
*"Artésien" 64/74 (1765)
*"Conquérant" 74 (1765) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, Captured by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
*"Vengeur" 64 (1765)
*"Palmier" 74 (c. 1765)
*"Bourgogne" 74 (1766)
*"Bretagne" 110 (1766) - Renamed "Révolutionnaire"
*Saint-Esprit class (3 units)
**"Saint-Esprit" 80 (1765) - Renamed "Scipion" 1794, storm 1795
**"Couronne" 80 (1766) - Renamed "Ça Ira" 1793, Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, captured by Britain 1795, fire 1796
**"Languedoc" 80 (1766) - Captured by the Royal Navy at Toulon in August 1793 but retaken by the French in December 1793, Renamed "Anti-fédéraliste", renamed "Victoire", BU 1799
*"Marseillais" 74 (1766) - Renamed "Vengeur du Peuple", sank at the Glorious First of June, 1794
*"Actif" 74 (1767)
*"Zodiaque" 74 (1767)
*"Indien" 64 (1768)
*"César" 74 (1768) - Captured by Britain 1782, fire and explosion 1782
*"Bien-Aimé" 74 (1769)
*"Dauphin" 50-56 (c. 1770?) - Ex-Indiaman. Sold 1773
*"Caton" 64 (1770)
*"Destin" 74 (1770) - Scuttled by British at Toulon, 1793
*"Victoire" 74 (1770)
*"Roland" 64 (1771)
*"Alexandre" 64 (1771)
*"Actionnaire" 64 (1771)
*"Fendant" 74 (1772)
*"Refléchi" 64 (1772)
*"Prothée" 64 (1772)
*"Éveillé" 64 (1772)

=Louis XVI=

*"Alexandre" 64 - Scuttled 1782
*"Bizarre" 64 - Wrecked 1782
*"Brillant" 64 (1774)
*"Sévère" 64 (1774)
*"Solitaire" 64 (1774)
*"Palmier" 74 (1776)
*"Sphinx" 64 (1776)
*"Auguste" 80 (1778) - Renamed "Jacobin", renamed "Neuf Thermidor", sank in storm 1795
*"Hercule" 74 (1778) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate
*"Héros" 74 (1778) - Scuttled by British at Toulon, 1793
*"Neptune" 74 (1778) - Wrecked in storm 1795
*"Pluton" 74 (1778)
*"Scipion" 74 (1778) - Sunk off San Domingo October 1782
*"Annibal" 74 (1778) - Renamed "Achille" 1786, captured by Britain at the Glorious First of June, 1794, BU 1796
*"Jason" 64 (1779) - Captured by Britain 1782, renamed "Argonaut"
*"Magnanime" 74 (1779)
*" Northumberland" 74 (1779) - Captured by Britain 1794
*"Triomphant" 80 (1779) - Scuttled by British at Toulon, 1793
*"Invincible" 110 (1780)
*"Majestueux" 110 (1780)
*"Royal-Louis" 110 (1780) - Renamed "Républicain", wrecked in storm 1794
*"Terrible" 110 (1780)
*"Sceptre" 74 (1780)
*"Brave" 74 (1781) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate
*"Illustre" 74 (1781) - Razéed to 50-gun frigate and renamed "Scévola"
*"Hannibal" 50 (1779, ex-British "Hannibal", captured 1782) - Deleted 1782

*"Pégase" class (1781 onwards) - Designed by Antoine Groignard, this class comprised six 74-gun ships
**"Pégase" (launched 1781 at Brest) - Captured by the British in April 1782 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Pégase", BU 1815
**"Dictateur" (launched 1782 at Toulon) - Renamed "Liberté" in September 1792, captured by the British at Toulon, August 1793, burnt December 1793, repaired by the French but was BU in 1807
**"Suffisant" (launched 1782 at Toulon) - Scuttled by the British at Toulon, December 1793
**"Puissant" (launched 1782 at Lorient) - Captured by the British at Toulon, August 1793 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Puissant", sold in 1816
**"Alcide" (launched 1782 at Rochefort) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, Burnt in action with the British at Fréjus, July 1795
**"Censeur" (launched 1782 at Rochefort) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, Captured by the British in March 1795, retaken by the French in October 1795, and transferred to Spain in June 1799, BU 1799

*"Centaure" class (1782 onwards) - Designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise, these four 74-gun ships were all built at Toulon
**"Centaure" (launched 1782 at Toulon) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793
**"Heureux" (launched 1782 at Toulon) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793 but burnt at Aboukir (Battle of the Nile) in August 1798
**"Séduisant" (launched 1783 at Toulon) - Renamed "Pelletier" in September 1793, then "Séduisant" again in May 1795 - wrecked in December 1796
**"Mercure" (launched 1783 at Toulon) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793 but burnt at Aboukir (Battle of the Nile) in August 1798

*"Téméraire" class (1782 onwards) - "Téméraire" was the lead ship of the numerically largest class of battleships ever built to a single design. Designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, 97 vessels, each of 74 guns, were laid down between 1782 and 1813. The first 31 of these, launched before the execution of Louis XVI, follow herewith:
**""Téméraire"" (launched 1782 at Brest) - BU at Brest 1803
**""Audacieux"" (launched 1784 at Lorient) - BU at Brest 1803
**"Superbe" (launched 1784 at Brest) - Lost in a storm in January 1795
**"Généreux" (launched 1785 at Rochefort) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, captured by the RN in February 1800 and added to the RN as HMS "Généreux", BU 1816
**"Commerce de Bordeaux" (launched 1785 at Toulon) - Renamed "Bonnet Rouge" in January 1794, then "Timoléon" in February 1794, destroyed by Britain at the Battle of the Nile, August 1798
**""Ferme"" (launched 1785 at Brest) - Renamed "Phocion" in October 1792, transferred to Spain 1793, renamed "Le Ferme" again, stricken 1808 at La Guaira
**"Fougueux" (launched 1785 at Lorient) - Sunk at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.
**"Patriote" (launched 1785 at Brest) - BU in 1833
**"Commerce de Marseille" (launched 1785 at Toulon) - Renamed "Lys" in July 1786 (before completion), then "Tricolore" in October 1792,Captured by Britain at Toulon and burnt there, December 1793
**""Borée"" (launched 1785 at Lorient) - Renamed "Ça Ira" in April 1794, then "Agricola" in June 1794.
**Orion (launched 1787 at Rochefort) - Renamed "Mucius Scaevola" in November 1793, then shortened to "Mucius" in the same month
**""Léopard"" (launched 1787 at Brest)
**"Entreprenant" (launched 1787 at Lorient)- Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, but was recaptured
**"Impétueux" (launched 1787 at Rochefort)
**"Apollon" (launched 1788 at Rochefort) - Renamed "Gasparin" in February 1794, then "Apollon" again in May 1795, and finally "Marceau" in December 1797
**"América" (launched 1788 at Brest)
**"Duquesne" (launched 1788 at Toulon)
**"Duguay-Trouin" (launched 1788 at Brest) - Burnt by the British at Toulon, 1793
**"Tourville" (launched 1788 at Lorient)
**"Aquilon" (launched 1789 at Rochefort) - Captured by the British at Aboukir (Battle of the Nile) in August 1798 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Aboukir"
**"Jupiter" (launched 1789 at Brest) - Renamed "Démocrate" in March 1794, then "Jupiter" again in May 1795, and finally "Batave" in December 1797
**"Éole" (launched 1789 at Lorient)
**"Vengeur" (launched 1789 at Brest)
**"Jean Bart" (launched 1790 at Lorient)
**"Thésée" (launched 1790 at Rochefort) - Renamed "Révolution" in January 1793, then "Finistère" in February 1803
**"Scipion" (launched 1790 at Toulon)- Captured by Britain 1793, fire and explosion 1793
**"Pompée" (launched 1791 at Toulon) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Pompee', BU 1817.
**"Suffren" (launched 1791 at Brest) - Renamed "Redoutable" in May 1794 - Captured by the British but sank after Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
**"Pyrrhus" (launched 1791 at Rochefort) - Renamed "Mont Blanc" in January 1793, then "Trente-et-un Mai" in April 1794, then "Républicain" in April 1795 and finally "Mont Blanc" again in February 1796
**"Thémistocle" (launched 1791 at Lorient) - scuttled by Britain at Toulon, 1793
**"Trajan" (launched 1792 at Lorient) - Renamed "Gaulois" in December 1797

*"Tonnant" class (1787 onwards) - Following his standard design for 74-gun ships (see "Téméraire" class above), Jacques-Noël Sané then produced a standard design for an 80-gun ship, to which 8 ships were built
**"Tonnant" (launched 1789 at Toulon) - Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, Captured by the British at the Battle of the Nile, August 1798 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Tonnant"
**"Indomptable" (launched 1790 at Brest)
**"Sans Pareil" (launched 1793 at Brest)

French Revolution

*"Dauphin Royal" class (often called "États de Bourgogne" class" or "Océan" class") - Three-deckers of 118 guns (usually called 120-gun), designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.
**"Commerce de Marseille" 120 (1788) - Captured by Britain at Toulon, 1793, same name, BU 1802
**"Dauphin-Royal" 120 (1791) - Renamed "Sans Culotte" 1792, Captured by the British at Toulon in August 1793, retaken by the French in December 1793, renamed "Orient" 1795, blew up at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
**"États de Bourgogne" 120 (1790) - Renamed "Cote d'Or" 1793, renamed "Montagne" 1793, renamed "Peuple" 1795, renamed "Océan" 1795
**"Vengeur" 130 (1803) - Laid down as "Peuple", renamed 1794. Renamed "Impérial" 1803, wrecked 1806/07
**"République Française" 120 (1802) - Renamed "Majestueux" 1803, BU 1839

*"Tonnant" class (80-gun ships, continued)
**"Figuires" (launched 1795 at Toulon) - Renamed "Formidable" in May 1795 - captured by the British in November 1805 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Brave"
**"Guillaume Tell" (launched 1795 at Toulon) - Captured by the British in March 1800 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Malta"
**"Franklin" (launched 1797 at Toulon) - Captured by the British at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Canopus", sold 1887
**"Dix-Huit Fructidor" (launched 1799 at Rochefort) - Renamed "Foudroyant" in February 1800.
**"Indivisible" (launched 1799 at Brest) - renamed "Alexandre" in February 1803 - Captured by the British in February 1806 and added to the British Navy as HMS "Alexandre"

*"Téméraire" class (74-gun ships, continued)
**"Tigre" (launched 1793 at Brest)
**"Tyrannicide" (launched 1793 at Lorient) - renamed "Desaix" August 1800.
**"Nestor" (launched 1793 at Brest) - renamed "Cisalpin" December 1797, then "Aquilon" February 1803.
**"Alexandre" (launched 1794 at Rochefort - renamed "Jemmapes" immediately after launch - condemned 1820 and became a hulk at Rochefort.
**"Barra" (launched 1794 at Toulon) - renamed "Pégase" in October 1795, then "Hoche" in December 1797.
**"Marat" (launched 1794 at Rochefort) - renamed "Formidable" in May 1795.
**"Droits de l'Homme" (launched 1794 at Lorient) - wrecked in January 1797.
**"Wattignies" (launched 1794 at Lorient) - condemned at Brest 1808 and BU there 1809.
**"Cassard" (launched 1795 at Lorient) - renamed "Dix-Août" in March 1798, then "Brave" in February 1803 - captured by the RN at San Domingo in February 1806.
**"Jean-Jacques Rousseau" (launched 1795 at Toulon) - renamed "Marengo" in December 1802 - captured by the RN in March 1806.
**"Viala" (launched 1795 at Lorient) - Renamed "Voltaire" in October 1795, then "Constitution" in December 1795 and finally "Jupiter" in February 1803 - Captured by the RN in February 1806 and added to the RN as HMS "Maida", sold 1814.
**"Spartiate" (launched 1797 at Toulon) - Captured by the RN at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and added to the RN as HMS "Spartiate", BU 1857.
**"Hercule" (launched 1797 at Lorient) - Captured by the RN in April 1798 and added to the RN as HMS "Hercule", BU 1810.
**"Quatorze Juillet" (launched 1798 at Lorient) - Burnt by accident in April 1798.
**"Argonaute" (launched 1798 at Lorient) - Transferred to Spain 1806 as "Argonauta", wrecked 1810.
**"Brutus"
**"Union" (launched 1799 at Lorient) - renamed "Diomede" in February 1803 - Captured by the RN in February 1806 and burnt.
**"Duguay-Trouin" (launched 1800 at Rochefort) - Captured by the RN in November 1805 and added to the RN as HMS "Implacable", renamed "Foudroyant" 1943, scuttled 1949.
**"L'Aigle" (launched 1800 at Rochefort) - Captured in October 1805 at Trafalgar by the RN, but lost in the subsequent storm.
**"Scipion" (launched 1801 at Lorient) - Captured by the RN in November 1805 and added to the RN as HMS "Scipion", BU 1819.
**"Héros" (launched 1801 at Rochefort) - Captured by Spain in June 1808, renamed "Heroe", stricken 1839 at Ferrol.

*"Formidable" 74/80 (1795) - Captured by Britain 1795, renamed "Belle Isle"

"Captured or otherwise acquired from foreign navies"
*"Alexandre" 74 (ex-British "Alexander", captured 1793) - Captured by the RN in 1795, renamed "Alexander"
*"Berwick" (1775, ex-British "Berwick", captured 1795) - Captured by Britain and wrecked, 1805
*"Dégo" 64 (1765, ex-Maltese "San Zacharia", captured 1798) - Captured by Britain 1800
*"Athénien" 64 (1798, ex-Maltese "San Giovanni", captured 1798) - Captured by Britain 1800, storm 1806
*"Duquesne" 74
*"Leander" 53 (1780, ex-British "Leander", captured 1798) - Captured by Russia 1799, returned to Britain, hospital ship 1806, renamed "Hygeia" 1813
*"Alliance" 74 (1783, ex-Spanish "San Sebastian", obtained 1799) - Stricken 1807
*"Aigle" (c. 1799)
*"Hannibal" 74 (1786, ex-British "Hannibal", captured 1801)
*"Conquérant" 74 (1791, ex-Spanish "Conquistador", obtained 1801) - Stricken 1804
*"Intrépide" 74 (1790, ex-Spanish "Intrepido", obtained 1801) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, storm 1805
*"Desaix" 74 (1792, ex-Spanish "Pelayo", obtained 1801) - Stricken 1804
*"Ulysse" 74 (1765, ex-Spanish "San Genaro", obtained 1801) - Renamed "Tourville", stricken 1822
*"Atlas" 74 (1754, ex-Spanish "Atlante", obtained 1801) - Captured by Spain 1808, same name, BU 1817

=First Empire=

*Later "Dauphin Royal" class (118-gun ships, continued)
**Austerlitz (launched 1808 at Toulon) - Condemned 1837 at Brest
**Wagram (launched 1810 at Toulon) - Condemned 1837 at Brest
**Impérial (launched 1811 at Toulon) - Renamed "Royal Louis" April 1814, renamed "Impérial" March 1815, renamed "Royal Louis" July 1815, condemned 1825 at Toulon
**"Montebello" (launched 1812 at Toulon) - Rebuilt 1851-52, stricken 1867, BU 1889 at Toulon
**Héros (launched 1813 at Toulon) - Condemned 1828 at Toulon

*"Bucentaure" class 80-gun ships designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, a modification of the 8-ship "Tonnant" class listed above. 21 ships were launched to this design, of which 16 were afloat by the end of 1814
**"Bucentaure" (launched 1803 at Toulon) - Flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, sunk after the battle
**Neptune (launched 1803 at Toulon) - Captured by Spain in June 1808, renamed "Neptuno", BU 1820
**Robuste (launched 1806 at Toulon) - Burnt October 1809
**Ville de Varsovie (launched 1808 at Rochefort) - Captured by the RN in April 1809 and burnt
**Donawerth (launched 1808 at Toulon) - BU 1824
**Eylau (launched 1808 at Lorient) - BU 1829
**Friedland (launched 1810 at Antwerp) - Transferred to the Dutch Navy in August 1814 and renamed "Vlaming", BU 1823
**Sceptre (launched 1810 at Toulon) - Condemned 1828
**Tilsitt (launched 1810 at Antwerp) - Transferred to the Dutch Navy in August 1814 and renamed "Neptunus", BU 1818
**Auguste (launched 1811 at Antwerp) - Transferred to the Dutch Navy in August 1814 and renamed "Illustre", BU 1827

*"Téméraire" class (74-gun ships, continued)
**Magnanime (launched 1803) - Stricken 1816
**"Achille" 74 (c. 1803)
**Algésiras 80 (1804) - Captured by Spain 1808, renamed "Algeciras", stricken 1826
**"Argonaute" 74.
**Marengo 74 - Captured by Britain 1807
**Brave 74 - Captured by Britain and foundered, 1807
**Diomède 74 - Wrecked 1807
**Charlemagne 74 (1807)
**Commerce de Lyon 74 (1807)
**Anversois 74 (1807)
**Illustre 74 (1807)
**Audacieux 74 (1807)
**Duguesclin 74 (1807)
**César 74 (1807)
**Thésée 74 (1807)
**Albanais 74
**Dalmate 74
**"Triomphant" 82 (1804)

*Minerva 52 (ex-Portuguese "Minerva", captured 1809)
*Hymen 110

*"Pluton" class - A revised design for "Téméraire" class, by Jacques-Noël Sané, described officially as "the small model" specially introduced to be constructed at shipyards lacking the depth of water required to launch 74s of the "Téméraire" Class.
**"Pluton" (launched 1805 at Toulon) - captured by Spain 1808, retained the same name, later renamed "Montañes", BU 1816.
**"Rivoli" (launched 1810 at Venice) - captured by the RN in February 1812, and added to the RN as HMS "Rivoli", stricken 1819.

=Louis XVIII=

=Charles X=

Louis-Philippe

*Later units of the 118-gun type, begun during the First Empire, were completed at various dates over the next few decades.
**"Friedland" 114 (1840) - Laid down 1812 as "L'Inflexible", renamed "Duc de Bordeaux" 1820, renamed 1830. Hulked and renamed "Colosse" in 1865, BU 1879.
**"Louis XIV" 114 (1854) - Laid down as "Tonnant", renamed 1854. Stricken 1880, BU 1882
**"Inflexible" (-) - Laid down as "Roi de Rome", renamed 1814. Not launched
**"Souverain" 114 (1819) - Converted to steam 1857, stricken 1882, BU 1905
**"Trocadéro" (1824) - Laid down as "Formidable", renamed 1823. Fire 1836
**"Ville de Paris" 114 (1850) - Laid down as "Marengo", renamed "Ville de Vienne" 1814, renamed "Comte d'Artois" 1830. Rebuilt 1858, stricken 1882, BU 1898

*Lys 98 (1821)
*Montmorency (c. 1826)
*Jupiter 80 (1831)
*Généreux 74 (1831)
*Hercule 100 (1836)
*Inflexible 90 (c. 1839)
*Jemmapes 100 (1840)
*Tage 100 (1847)
*Valmy 120 (1847)
*Henri IV 100 (1848)
*Iéna 82
*Inflexible 82 - Same as previous "Inflexible"?
*Suffren 82
*Duperré 70

Second Republic

=Second Empire=

*Napoléon 90 (1850) - Stricken 1876
*"Charlemagne" 80 (1851) - Transport 1867
*"Austerlitz" 86 (1852) - Stricken 1872
*"Jean Bart" 76 (1852) - Renamed "Donawerth" 80 - Stricken 1880
*"Duquesne" 80 (1853) - Hulked 1867
*"Fleurus" 90 (1853) - Stricken 1869
*"Prince Jerome" 90 (1853) - Transport 1872
*"Tourville" 80 (1853) - Stricken 1872
*"Navarin" 90 (1854) - Transport 1873
*"Ulm" 90 (1854) - Hulk 1867
*"Wagram" 90 (1854) - Stricken 1867
*"Bretagne" 130 (1855) - Training ship 1866
*"Algésiras" 90 (1853) - Transport 1869
*"Arcole" 90 (1855) - Stricken 1870
*"Redoutable" 90 (1855) - Stricken 1869
*"Eylau" 90 (1856) - Stricken 1877
*"Impérial" 90 (1856) - Hulked 1869
*"Alexandre" 90 (1857) - Stricken 1877
*"Duguay-Trouin" 82 - Stricken 1872
*"Tage" 110 - Transport 1875
*"Turenne" 82 - Stricken 1867
*"Breslaw" 80 - Stricken 1872
*"Bayard" 80 - Stricken 1872
*"Tilsitt" 80 - Stricken 1872
*"St Louis" 80 - Training ship 1881
*"Fontenoy" 80 - Transport 1881
*"Ville de Nantes" 90 (1858) - Stricken 1872
*"Castiglione" 90 (1860) - Stricken 1881
*"Massena" 90 (1860) - Stricken 1879
*"Ville de Bordeaux" 90 (1860) - Stricken 1879
*"Ville de Lyon" 90 (1861) - Stricken 1883

References

*"A history of the French navy, from its beginnings to the present day" (1973) - E. H. Jenkins ISBN 0356041964
*"Conway's All the world's fighting ships, 1860-1905" (1979) - Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0851771335
*"The 50-gun ship" (c. 1997) - Rif Winfield ISBN 1861760256

Footnotes

ee also

*History of the French Navy
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*Océan type 118-gun ship of the line

External links

* [http://www.agh.qc.ca/articles/?id=53 Répertoire de vaisseau de ligne français de 1781 à 1815]