French ship Achille explained

Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:

• (1705), a 70-gun ship of the line
• (1748), a 64-gun ship of the line
• (1778), a 74-gun ship of the line, was renamed Achille in 1786. She was taken in the Glorious First of June and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as before being broken up at Plymouth in 1796.
• (1793), a fluyt
• (1803), a 74-gun launched in 1803, which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where she exploded and sank.
• (1806), a ferry
• (1827), a 90-gun, was started as Achille before being renamed
• (1848), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line, was started as Achille before being renamed
• (1933–1940), a
• Also, the 74-gun ship Illustre (1807), renamed to Dantzig in 1807, and to Achille in 1815.

Bibliography

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 19.