French ship Terrible
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16 ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Terrible:
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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 Terrible:
- Terrible, a 68-gun ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
(1670-1678), built in Brest. She took part in the battle of SchooneveldBattle of SchooneveldThe Battles of Schooneveld were two naval battles of the Franco-Dutch War, fought off the coast of the Netherlands on 7 June and 14 June 1673 between an allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and the fleet of the United Provinces, commanded by Michiel de Ruyter.The...
on the 7 June 1673. She sank on the 11 May 1678. - Terrible, a 80-gun ship of the line (1679-1692). Built in Brest in 1679, she took part in the battle of Bévézier on the 10 July 1690 and in the Battle of La Hougue; she was destroyed in a fire at La Hougue on the 3 June 1692.
- Terrible, a Fulminante class bomb ship (1681-1696) built in ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Terrible, a 74-gun ship of the line (1692-1724) which took part in the Battle of Lagos (1693)Battle of Lagos (1693)The Battle of Lagos was a sea battle during the Nine Years' War on 1693-06-27 , when a French fleet under Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke...
and in the Battle of MalagaBattle of MalagaThe Battle of Málaga was the largest naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession. It took place on 24 August 1704, south of Málaga, Spain.-The battle:...
on the 24 August 1704 - TerribleHMS Terrible (1747)HMS Terrible was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She had previously served in the French Navy under the same name.-French career and capture:...
, a 74-gun ship of the line (1737-1762). Built in Toulon, she was lanched in 1737 and took part in the Battle of ToulonBattle of Toulon (1744)The naval Battle of Toulon or Battle of Cape Sicié took place on 22 February 1744 in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Toulon, France. A combined Franco-Spanish fleet fought off Britain's Mediterranean fleet...
in 1744. She was captured by the English in the 25 October 1747. - TerribleFrench ship Terrible (1779)The Terrible was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.She took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, where she was dismasted by HMS Royal Sovereign...
, a 110-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her classTerrible class ship of the lineThe Terrible class was a type of two 110-gun ships of the line.* TerribleThe Terrible class was a type of two 110-gun ships of the line.* TerribleThe Terrible class was a type of two 110-gun ships of the line....
(1779-1802). Built in Toulon, she took part in the bataille du 13 prairial an IIGlorious First of JuneThe Glorious First of June [Note A] of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars...
and to the cruise of BruixCruise of BruixBruix' expedition of 1799, often called Croisière de Bruix in French sources, was a French naval operation of the French Revolutionary Wars, carried out in May 1799 by admiral Étienne Eustache Bruix. It aimed at sending the naval squadron of Brest to the Mediterranean, gathering Spanish ships on...
in 1799. - Terrible, a gunboat (1793-1795) built in DieppeDieppe, Seine-MaritimeDieppe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in France. In 1999, the population of the whole Dieppe urban area was 81,419.A port on the English Channel, famous for its scallops, and with a regular ferry service from the Gare Maritime to Newhaven in England, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled...
, renamed to Trombein 1795. - Terrible, A gunboat (1793-1795) ; along with the Chiffonne, she captured the 40-gun English frigate HMS Minerva in 1803
- Terrible, a privateer (1796), captured and destroyed by HMS Hazard.
- Terrible, a privateer captured by HMS Penguin on the 24 May 1797.
- Terrible, a bomb ship (1800)
- Terrible, a 110-gun Commerce de Paris class ship of the lineCommerce de Paris class ship of the lineThe Commerce de Paris class was a ship of the line class of the French Navy, designed in 1804 by Jacques-Noël Sané as a shortened version of his 118-gun Océan Class three-deckers...
(1811-1814) built in Antwerp, never finished and sold for scrap. - BretagneFrench ship Bretagne (1855)The Bretagne was a fast 130-gun three-decker of the French Navy, designed by engineer Marielle. She was built after the Napoléon, and was fitted with a steam engine while under construction, though she had been laid down as a sail ship....
, a steam and sail ship of the line (1849-1881) started in Brest in 1849 as Bretagne, she was launched in 1855. In 1866, she was used as barracks. She was renamed to Ville de Bordeaux in 1880 and took part in the Crimean WarCrimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
(1854-1855). - Terrible, an ironclad coast-guard (1877-1911). Launched in 1881, she displaced 7700 tonnes with 6200 HP. She carried 2 274 mm guns, 4 100 mm guns and 2 torpedo launchers. She was decommissioned and used as a target ship.
- Le TerribleFrench destroyer Le TerribleThe Terrible was a large destroyer of the French Navy in service during World War II.-History:Terrible was launched in 1933 and displaced 2,570 tonnes with 74,000 HP...
, a destroyer of the FantasqueLe Fantasque class destroyerThe Fantasque class of six large, very fast destroyers was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930...
class. - Le Terrible (S 612), a strategic nuclear submarine (SNLE) of the Redoutable classRedoutable class submarineThe Redoutable class submarine is a ballistic missile submarine class of the French Marine Nationale . In French, the type is called Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins , literally "Missile-launching nuclear submarine"...
, decommissioned on the 1 July 1996. - Le TerribleLe Terrible (S 619)Le Terrible is a Triomphant class strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy. She was launched on 21 March 2008 On 27 January 2010, at 9h25, Terrible launched an M51 SLBM from underwater, in Audierne Bay...
(S 619), a strategic nuclear submarine (SNLE) of the Triomphant class, launched on 21 March 2008 and join active service in 2010.