French Ship Le Terrible

16 ships of the

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have borne the name ''Terrible'': * , a 68-gun

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(1670–1678), built at

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. She took part in the

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on 7 June 1673. She was wrecked in the

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on the 11 May 1678. * , an 80-gun ship of the line (1679–1692). Built at Brest in 1679, she took part in the Battle of Bévézier on 10 July 1690 and in the

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; she was burnt by Anglo-Dutch forces at La Hougue on 3 June 1692. * , a (1681–1696) built in

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* , a 100-gun ship of the line (1693–1714) built at Brest, which took part in the

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and in the

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on 24 August 1704 * , a 74-gun ship of the line (1737–1762). Built at Toulon, she was launched in 1739 and took part in the Battle of Toulon in 1744. She was captured by the English in the 25 October 1747. * , a 110-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class (1779–1802). Built at Toulon, she took part in the Battle of the

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and to the

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in 1799. * , a

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(1793–1795) built at

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, renamed to ''Trombe'' in 1795. * , a gunboat (1793–1795); along with ''Chiffonne'', she captured the 40-gun English frigate HMS ''

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'' in 1803 * , a

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(1796), was 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 (1811–1814) built in

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, never finished and sold for scrap. * , 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

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(1854–1855). * , an

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coast-guard (1877–1911). Launched in 1881, she displaced 7,700 tonnes with . She carried two 274 mm guns, four 100 mm guns and two torpedo launchers. She was decommissioned and used as a target ship. * , a

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of the . * , a strategic nuclear submarine ( SNLE) of the launched on 12 December 1969 and decommissioned on the 1 July 1996. * , a strategic nuclear submarine (SNLE) of the , launched on 21 March 2008 and join active service in 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Terrible, French Ship French Navy ship names