French ship Lys

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:


 * FRENCH SHIP Assuré, a 54-gun ship of the line, was started as Lys, and became Assuré from 1771.
 * FRENCH SHIP Lys, a 70-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH SHIP Lys, a Sceptre-class ship of the line 84-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH SHIP Lys, a 70-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH SHIP Lys, a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class
 * FRENCH CORVETTE Lys (1780), a corvette, captured by the Royal Navy the year of her launching.
 * FRENCH SHIP Lys, a Téméraire-class ship of the line 74-gun ship of the line. She was started as Commerce de Marseille, and also bore the name Tricolore from 1792
 * FRENCH SHIP Polonais, a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line, became Lys in 1814 at the Bourbon Restoration
 * FRENCH SHIP Ulm, 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.