French ship Sceptre
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Six ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Sceptre after the sceptre, a symbol of royal or imperial authority.
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have borne the name Sceptre after the sceptre, a symbol of royal or imperial authority.
- Sceptre (1670), a 84-gun ship of the line
- Sceptre (1692), a 80-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class
- Sceptre (1721), a 74-gun ship of the line, never commissioned
- Sceptre (1747), a Monarque class 74-gun ship of the line
- SceptreFrench ship Sceptre (1780)The Sceptre was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.In 1781 and 1782, she took part in the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, under Admiral de Grasse. She fought at the Battle of the Chesapeake and at the Battle of the Saintes...
(1780), a 74-gun ship of the line - SceptreFrench ship Sceptre (1810)The Sceptre was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.-References:* Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I...
(1810), a Bucentaure-classBucentaure class ship of the lineThe Bucentaure class was a class of 80-gun French ships of the line built to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané from 1802 onwards, of which at least 29 were ordered but only 21 ships were launched...
80-gun ship of the line