French ship Jupiter

Six ships of the French Navy and at least one privateer have borne the name Jupiter:^[1]

Jupiter (1647), a 50-gun ship of the line
A 22-gun privateer captured by Captain Taylor Penny in 1762^[2]
Jupiter (1789), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line
Jupiter (1803), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line, launched as Viala in 1795 renamed Voltaire and then Constitution later that year finally renamed Jupiter in 1803
Jupiter (1824), a brig
Jupiter (1831), an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line
Impérial (1856), a 90-gun Algésiras-class steam ship of the line, renamed Jupiter in 1870

References

↑ 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. 270. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
↑ "Taylor Penny".

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