French ship Illustre
Appearance
Seven ships of the French Navy have born the name Illustre ("Illustrious")
Ships named Illustre
[edit]- Illustre (1666), a 64-gun ship of the line. [1]
- Illustre (1713), a galley. [1]
- Illustre (1751), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class . [1]
- Illustre (1781), a 74-gun Magnanime-class ship of the line. [1]
- Dantzig (1807), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the Borée sub-type, was originally ordered as Illustre. [1]
- Illustre (1811), a 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line. [1]
- Auguste (1811), a 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line, was renamed Illustre at the Bourbon Restauration. [1]
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.