To date, eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Suffren, in honour of the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren. French ships named Suffren (1791–1794), a 74-gun ship of the line renamed Redoutable in 1794, famous for her defence at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which she killed Admiral Horatio Nelson. (1801–1815), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line. (1824–1865), a 90-gun ship of the line. (1866–1897), an armoured frigate. (1899–1916), a battleship. (1926–1963), a heavy cruiser and name ship of the . (1968–2008), a guided missile frigate. , a which was commissioned in 2020 Notes and references Notes References Bibliography Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Suffren. NetMarine.net. Retrieved 2011-12-02. French Navy ship names fr:Suffren#Navires