French ship Téméraire
16 ships of the
French Navy have borne the name
Téméraire ("bold" or "temerarious"). Note that several British ships have had the same name, see
HMS Temeraire.
* a
ship of the line (1669-1694). Built in Brest in 1669 as
Ardent, launched in 1671 as
Téméraire. She took part in the campaign in Sicilia (1676), to the battle of Bévézier (10 July 1690) and the Battle of Barfleur (29 May 1692). She also took part in the campaign of Lagos (1693). She was sunk by the English HMS
Montagu on the 9 December 1694.
* a ship of the line (1695-1718).
* a West
Indiaman (1726-1737).
* a ship of the line (1748-1794). She was captured by the English HMS
Warspite at the
Battle of Lagos (1759) on the 19 August 1759, and became
HMS Téméraire.
* a
cutter (1780-1784).
* a ship of the line (1782-1801). She took part in the
bataille du 13 prairial an 2.
* a cutter (1795), captured by
HMS Dido in 1795.
* an unidentified ship (1795).
* a
xebec (1795) renamed to
Tympan in 1795.
* a privateer
aviso (1803-1811).
* a privateer (1809), captured by HMS
Hind on the 29 September 1809.
* a privateer
schooner (1810) captured by HMS
Fawn on the 11 October 1810.
* a privateer (1812).
* a torpedo boat (1889-1911).
* a torpedo boat (1911-1936), built for Argentina as
San Juan, requisitioned for the war and renamed to
Téméraire in 1914.
* a torpedo boat (1944), sunk in a bombing in Toulon in August 1944.
* the present
Téméraire is the second submarine of the
Triomphant class.