French ship Courageux

Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Courageux or Courageuse:

Courageux (1671), a 42-gun ship, broken up in 1673.
Courageux (1673), an 80-gun ship, renamed Magnanime in 1679. She was sunk during a battle in 1705.
Courageux (1679), a 56-gun ship, deleted from Navy lists in 1704.
Courageux (1753), a 74-gun ship, captured in 1761 and taken into service as HMS Courageux. She was wrecked on the coast of Morocco in 1796.
Courageuse (1778), a 32-gun frigate of the Concorde class, launched in 1778, captured by the British in 1798, and last listed in 1802-3.
Courageux (1806), a 74-gun Courageux-class ship of the line. She was broken up in 1831.

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