French ship Lys
Encyclopedia
Nine ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Lys after the Lilium
, a flower featured in the arms of France as the Fleur-de-lis
:
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have borne the name Lys after the Lilium
Lilium
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...
, a flower featured in the arms of France as the Fleur-de-lis
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys is a stylized lily or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in heraldry...
:
- AssuréFrench ship Assuré (1667)The Assuré was a 54-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Hubac.She was named Lys in 1667, and renamed Assuré on 24 June 1671.From 3 March 1674, she was fitted as a fireship under Captain du Mesny des Vaux...
(1667), a 54-gun ship of the line, was started as Lys, and became Assuré from 1771. - LysFrench ship Lys (1669)The Lys was a 70-gun 3-decker ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Audibert. She was the first ship of the line to feature suspended lamps instead of candels....
(1669), a 70-gun ship of the line - Lys (1692), a Sceptre class 80-gun ship of the line
- Lys (1706), a 70-gun ship of the line
- Lys (1747), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class
- Lys (1780), a corvette, captured by the Royal Navy the year of her launching.
- Lys (1787), a Téméraire classTéméraire class ship of the lineThe Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built....
74-gun ship of the line. She was started as Commerce de Marseille, and also bore the name Tricolore from 1792 - PolonaisFrench ship Polonais (1808)The Polonais was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.First named Glorieux, she was renamed on 23 February 1807....
(1808), a Téméraire classTéméraire class ship of the lineThe Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built....
74-gun ship of the line, became Lys in 1814 at the Bourbon Restauration - Ulm (1854), a 90-gun ship of the line, was started as Lys in 1825, was renamed Ulm in 1830 after the July RevolutionJuly RevolutionThe French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution or in French, saw the overthrow of King Charles X of France, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who himself, after 18 precarious years on the throne, would in turn be overthrown...
, and completed as a steam ship in 1854.