French ship Audacieux

Many ships of the French Navy have borne the name Audacieux or Audacieuse, which means audacious in French, including:

• French frigate Audacieuse (1692), a frigate built at Dunkerque, later a commerce raider, then coastguard vessel, and struck 1707
• French ship Audacieux (1784), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, broken up in 1803
• French gunboat Audacieuse (1804), a gunboat in service until retired in 1814
• French ship Audacieux, a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, ordered in 1805 but completed in 1807 as Pultusk
• French frigate Audacieuse (1856), an Ardente-class frigate, broken up in 1872
• French torpedo boat Audacieux (1890), an Agile-class torpedo boat, sunk in collision in 1896 off Corsica
• French torpedo boat Audacieux (1900), a Cyclone-class torpedo boat, launched in 1900, used as a target from 1923 and broken up in 1926
• French minesweeper Audacieuse (1916), an Agile-class minesweeper, later gunboat, condemned in 1940
• French destroyer L'Audacieux (1934–1943), a Le Fantasque-class destroyer, sunk in 1943
• French patrol vessel L'Audacieuse (P682) a P400-class patrol vessel or L'Audacieuse-class patrol boat launched in 1984

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