Twenty-two ships of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
have borne the name ''Victoire'' ("Victory"):
Ships named ''Victoire''
* , a 34-gun ship of the line.
* , a 30-gun ship of the line.
* , a galley.
* , a 28-gun ship of the line, bore the name ''Victoire'' early in her career.
* , a galley.
* , a galley.
* , ''Fière'', a galley, bore the name ''Victoire'' during her career.
* , a galley.
* , a 26-gun frigate.
* , a 40-gun frigate.
* , a
74-gun
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ship of the line.
* , a 80-gun ship of the line, bore the name ''Victoire'' late in her career.
* , a fluyt.
* , the captured Venetian ship ''Vittoria''.
* , a gunboat, that the British captured on 8 March 1801 on the Nile
* , a captured
Papal
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galley.
* , an aviso.
* , a 46-gun frigate, bore the name ''Victoire'' during her career.
* , a fluyt .
* , a sail and steam frigate.
* , a tugboat.
* , a tugboat.
Ships with similar names
*
French ship ''Victor''
*
French ship ''Victorieux''
*
French ship ''Victorieuse''
* ''Victory'' (1813), ship in French service under Ensign Durbec, captured by the British at Cassis on 18 August 1813.
* ''Chasseur'', a 4-gun ship, bore the name ''Victoire du grand Cincinnatus'' during her career.
* , a tugboat.
See also
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List of ships named HMS ''Victory''
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Citations and references
References
References
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French Navy ship names