Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vengeur ('Avenger'):
Ships named Vengeur (1765–1785), a 64-gun ship of the line (1790–1792), a Vengeur (1794), a 20-gun corvette (1799), an 8-gun schooner (1803–1806), a 120-gun (1872–1905), an armoured coast guard Vengeur, a monitor type ironclad of 1882. (1931–1942), a , eventually scuttled with the Toulon fleet in 1942
Ships with similar names The 74-gun ship of the line Marseillois (or Marseillais) was renamed ("Avenger of the People) in February 1794, and was often referred to simply as Vengeur – this ship fought, and was sunk, at the Third Battle of Ushant on 1 June 1794.
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