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Marine Nationale
Naval Ensign of France
Motto: Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline
(“Honour, Homeland, Valour, Discipline”)
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A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Héros ("hero"). Among them:

  • the ship of the line French ship Héros (1701) (fr) (1701-1719)
  • the 74-gun ship of the line Héros (1750), destroyed at the Battle of Quiberon Bay
  • the 74-gun ship of the line Héros, built in 1778, flagship of Suffren, scuttled by British at Toulon in 1793
  • the 74-gun ship of the line Héros (1795), survivor of the Battle of Trafalgar
  • the 74-gun Téméraire class ship of the line Héros (1801)[1]
  • the 118-gun Océan type ship of the line Héros (1813-1828)
  • A converted Spanish trailer
  • Héros (Q170) (fr), a Le Redoutable class submarine

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