Numerous French vessels have borne the name Téméraire ("bold" or "reckless"). Note that several British ships have had the same name (although without the accents over the letter "e"), see
HMS Temeraire.
French cutter Téméraire (1795), a cutter launched as Révolutionnaire and renamed in 1795. Captured by
HMS Dido on 13 April 1795. Recaptured the next month.
Téméraire, a
xebec.
HMS Dido captured her on 9 July 1795 and the British
Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Transfer. She was sold in 1803.
Téméraire was a
privateer of 10 guns and 50 men under the command of lieutenant de frégate Le Fer that
HMS Cormorant captured on 30 July 1782 off
Cape Clear. She was nine days out of
Brest, France, with dispatches for the combined fleet that she threw overboard, together with eight guns, before her capture.[1]
French ship Téméraire (1809), a privateer of two guns and 30 men that
HMS Hind captured on 29 September 1809 off
Melazzo. She was four days out of Naples and had not made any captures.[2]
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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Numerous French vessels have borne the name Téméraire ("bold" or "reckless"). Note that several British ships have had the same name (although without the accents over the letter "e"), see
HMS Temeraire.
French cutter Téméraire (1795), a cutter launched as Révolutionnaire and renamed in 1795. Captured by
HMS Dido on 13 April 1795. Recaptured the next month.
Téméraire, a
xebec.
HMS Dido captured her on 9 July 1795 and the British
Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Transfer. She was sold in 1803.
Téméraire was a
privateer of 10 guns and 50 men under the command of lieutenant de frégate Le Fer that
HMS Cormorant captured on 30 July 1782 off
Cape Clear. She was nine days out of
Brest, France, with dispatches for the combined fleet that she threw overboard, together with eight guns, before her capture.[1]
French ship Téméraire (1809), a privateer of two guns and 30 men that
HMS Hind captured on 29 September 1809 off
Melazzo. She was four days out of Naples and had not made any captures.[2]
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.