Redoutable
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At least eleven vessels of the French Navy
have borne the name Redoutable ("frightening"). Among them:
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 Redoutable ("frightening"). Among them:
- Le Redoutable, a project for a ship of the line (1706)
- Le Redoutable (1740), privateerPrivateerA privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...
- Le Redoutable (1749), 74-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...
. She took part in the landing in MahonMahonMahón is a municipality and the capital city of the Balearic Island of Minorca , located in the eastern part of the island. Mahon has the second deepest natural harbor in the world: 5 km long and up to 900m. wide...
under Admiral la Galissonière. She was destroyed in Lagos in 1759. - Le Redoutable (1791)French ship Redoutable (1791)The Redoutable was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She is known for her duel with HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar and for killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action.- Early career :...
, a 74-gun ship of the line. One of her crew killed Admiral Nelson at the Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
. - Le Redoutable (1800), avisoAvisoAn aviso , a kind of dispatch boat or advice boat, survives particularly in the French navy, they are considered equivalent to the modern sloop....
, captured by HMS SuccessHMS SuccessSixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:* HMS Success was a 34-gun ship, previously the French ship Jules. She was captured in 1650, renamed HMS Old Success in 1660 and was sold in 1662.... - Le Redoutable (1801), coastguard
- Le Redoutable (1804), XebecXebecA xebec , also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and protruding mizzen mast...
- Le Redoutable (1853), an Algésiras class ship of the lineAlgésiras class ship of the lineThe Algésiras class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line used by the French navy. They were designed from the beginning to use a combination of sail and steam engine for propulsion....
- Le Redoutable (1876)French battleship Redoutable (1876)Redoutable was a central battery and barbette ship of the French Navy. She was the first warship in the world to use steel as the principal building material....
, the first warship in the world to be built in steel. - Le Redoutable (Q136) (1930), lead ship of the Redoutable class submarine before the Second World WarWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. - Le Redoutable (S 611)Redoutable (S 611)The Redoutable was the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine in the French Marine Nationale.Commissioned on 1 December 1971, she was the first French SNLE . She was fitted with 16 M1 ballistic missiles, delivering 450 kt at 2000 kilometres...
(1971), first SNLEBallistic missile submarineA ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles .-Description:Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate SLBMs such as the Russian R-29 or the American Trident...
submarine of the French Navy, now a museum and the largest submarine in the world open to the public.