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{{French Navy}}
Numerous French vessels have borne the name '''''Téméraire''''' ("bold" or "reckless"). Note that several British ships have had the same name (although without the accents over the letter "e"), see [[HMS Temeraire|HMS ''Temeraire'']].
==Naval vessels==
Twelve ships of the [[French Navy]]
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1671}}, a 54-gun [[ship of the line]] (1669–1694). 
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1695}}, a 50-gun ship of the line (1695–1718).
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1726}}, a [[West Indiaman]] (1726–1737).
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1749}}, a 74-gun ship of the line (1748–1794). She was captured by the English {{HMS|Warspite|1758|6}} at the [[Battle of Lagos (1759)|Battle of Lagos]] on the 19 August 1759, and became {{HMS|Temeraire|1759|6}}. 
* {{ship|French cutter|Téméraire|1780}}, a [[Cutter (ship)|cutter]] (1780–1784).
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1782}}, a ship of the line (1782–1801), lead ship of the {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line|4}}. She took part in the ''[[bataille du 13 prairial an 2]]''.
* {{ship|French cutter|Téméraire|1795}}, a cutter launched as ''Révolutionnaire'' and renamed in 1795. Captured by {{HMS|Dido|1784|6}} on 13 April 1795. Recaptured the next month.
* ''[[French ship Révolutionnaire (1793)|Téméraire]]'', a [[xebec]]. {{HMS|Dido|1784|6}} captured her on 9 July 1795 and the British [[Royal Navy]] took her into service as HMS ''Transfer''. She was sold in 1803.
* {{ship|French torpedo boat|Téméraire|1889}}, a [[torpedo boat]] (1889–1911).
* {{ship|French destroyer|Téméraire}}, a torpedo boat (1911–1936), built for Argentina as ''San Juan'', requisitioned for the war and renamed to ''Téméraire'' in 1914.
* {{ship|French torpedo boat|Téméraire|1944}}, a torpedo boat (1944), sunk in a bombing in Toulon in August 1944.
* {{ship|French submarine|Le Téméraire|S617}}, the second [[submarine]] of the {{sclass|Triomphant|submarine|4}}, presently in active service.

==Privateers==
* ''Téméraire'' was a [[privateer]] of 10 guns and 50 men under the command of ''lieutenant de frégate'' Le Fer that {{HMS|Cormorant|1781|6}} captured on 30 July 1782 off [[Cape Clear Island|Cape Clear]]. She was nine days out of [[Brest, France]], with dispatches for the combined fleet that she threw overboard, together with eight guns, before her capture.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=13 August 1782|issue=12322|page=1}}</ref>
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1803}}, a privateer [[aviso]] (1803–1811).
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1809}}, a privateer of two guns and 30 men that {{HMS|Hind|1785|6}} captured on 29 September 1809 off [[Melazzo]]. She was four days out of Naples and had not made any captures.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=16 December 1809|issue=16325|page=2006}}</ref>
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1810}}, a privateer [[schooner]] of 10 guns, six large [[swivel gun]]s, and a crew of 35 men. She was a new vessel, three days out of Brest, and had taken no prizes when {{HMS|Fawn|1807|6}} captured her on 11 October 1810.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=16 October 1810|issue=16415|page=1638}}</ref>
* {{ship|French ship|Téméraire|1812}}, a privateer in 1812.

== See also ==
* {{HMS|Temeraire}}

==Citations==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071107003020/http://www.netmarine.net/bat/smarins/temerair/ancien.htm Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de ''Téméraire'']

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