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French ship Lys

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Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Lys after the Lilium, a flower featured in the arms of France as the Fleur-de-lis:

  • Assuré (1667), a 54-gun ship of the line, was started as Lys, and became Assuré from 1771.
  • Lys (1669), a 70-gun ship of the line
  • Lys (1692), a Sceptre class 80-gun ship of the line
  • Lys (1706), a 70-gun ship of the line
  • Lys (1747), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class
  • Lys (1780), a corvette, captured by the Royal Navy the year of her launching.
  • Lys (1787), a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line. She was started as Commerce de Marseille, and also bore the name Tricolore from 1792
  • Polonais (1808), a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line, became Lys in 1814 at the Bourbon Restoration
  • Ulm (1854), a 90-gun ship of the line, was started as Lys in 1825, was renamed Ulm in 1830 after the July Revolution, and completed as a steam ship in 1854.
  • References

    French ship Lys Wikipedia