French ship Achille

Nine French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:

Ships named Achille

Also, the 74-gun ship Illustre (1807), renamed to Dantzig in 1807, and to Achille in 1815.

Ships of the French Navy named Achille
Annibal (1778) as Achille (left) being dismasted by HMS Brunswick at the Glorious First of June 
Scale model of Achille (1803) on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris 

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