Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Achille in honour of Greek hero Achilles: (1705), a 70-gun ship of the line (1748), a 64-gun ship of the line (1778), a 74-gun, was renamed Achille in 1786. She was taken in the Glorious First of June and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as before being broken up at Plymouth in 1796. (1793), a fluyt (1803), a 74-gun launched in 1803, which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where she exploded and sank. (1806), a ferry (1827), a 90-gun , was started as Achille before being renamed (1848), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line, was started as Achille before being renamed (1933–1940), a submarine Also, the 74-gun ship Illustre (1807), renamed to Dantzig in 1807, and to Achille in 1815. See also Bibliography French Navy ship names