French ship Brillant

French Navy
(Marine Nationale)

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Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Brillant:

• Brillant (1680) a 50-gun ship of the line (1670)
• Brillant (1672) a 40-gun ship of the line (1672)
• Brillant (1678) a 56-gun ship of the line (1678), originally built 1671 as Furieux
• Brillant (1690) a 64-gun ship of the line (1690)
• Brillant (1725) a 56-gun ship of the line (1725)
• Brillant (1758) a 64-gun ship of the line (1758)
• Brillant (1774) a 64-gun ship of the line (1774)
• Brillant (1794) a small captured English lugger (1794)
• Brillant (1814) an 82-gun ship of the line (1814)