French ship Vengeur explained

Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vengeur ('Avenger'):

Ships named Vengeur

• (1765–1785), a 64-gun ship of the line
• (1790–1792), a
• Vengeur (1794), a 20-gun corvette
  • (1799), an 8-gun schooner (1803–1806), a 120-gun
• (1872–1905), an armoured coast guard
• Vengeur, a monitor type ironclad of 1882.
• (1931–1942), a, eventually scuttled with the Toulon fleet in 1942

Ships with similar names

• The 74-gun ship of the line Marseillois (or Marseillais) was renamed ("Avenger of the People) in February 1794, and was often referred to simply as Vengeur – this ship fought, and was sunk, at the Third Battle of Ushant on 1 June 1794.

Sources and references

• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799. 2004. Éditions Ancre. 2-906381-24-1. fr.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . Group Retozel-Maury Millau.