Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Liberté, in honour of the concept of Liberty.
Ships
edit- Liberté (1792), a felucca[1]
- Dictateur (1782), a 74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line, was renamed to Liberté during her career[1]
- Liberté (1793), a floating battery captured from the Dutch[1]
- Liberté (1793), a small craft[1]
- Liberté (1794), a brig[1]
- Salamine (1793), a Spanish prize brig, bore the name Liberté during her French career[1]
- Liberté (1795), a 16-gun corvette[1]
- Liberté (1799), a corvette[1]
- Revolver (1869), a gunboat, bore the name Liberté during her career[1]
- Liberté (1907), a pre-dreadnought battleship, lead ship of her class[2][note 1]
- Liberté (1915), an auxiliary submarine hunter[2]
See also
edit- French ship Libre[1]
- Libérateur d'Italie (1797), a lugger.[1]
- Liberté française (1800), an 8-gun bombship.[1]
Notes and references
editNotes
edit- ^ or member of the République class according to Roche (vol.2, p.308)
References
editBibliography
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. 280. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.