French ship Achille

Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles:


 * FRENCH SHIP Achille (1705), a 70-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH SHIP Achille (1748), a 64-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH SHIP Annibal (1778), a 74-gun ship of the line, was renamed Achille in 1786. She was taken in the Glorious First of June and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Achille (1778) before being broken up at Plymouth in 1796.
 * FRENCH SHIP Achille (1793), a fluyt
 * FRENCH SHIP Achille (1803), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1803, which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where she exploded and sank.
 * FRENCH SHIP Achille (1806), a ferry
 * FRENCH SHIP Breslaw (1827), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line, was started as Achille before being renamed
 * FRENCH SHIP Saint Louis (1848), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line, was started as Achille before being renamed
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Achille (1933–1940), a Redoutable-class submarine
 * Also, the 74-gun ship Illustre (1807), renamed to Dantzig in 1807, and to Achille in 1815.