Ships of the French Navy have borne the name Aigle ("eagle"), honouring the bird of prey as well as the symbol of the First French Empire
Ships named Aigle
- (1692âÂÂ1712), a 36-gun ship of the line
- Aigle (1704âÂÂ1710), a fireship
- (1751âÂÂ1765), a 50-gun ship of the line
- (1780-1782), a 16-gun brig, ex-British privateer brig Eagle captured March 1780 at Saint Eustache in the Antilles. Arrived at Lorient January 1782 and listed as a corvette. HMS Duc de Chartres captured Aigle on 9 August 1782 off the American coast.
- (1781âÂÂ1784), a lugger
- (1782), a 40-gun frigate that the British captured in 1782
- Aigle (1783âÂÂ1788), a barge
- (1800âÂÂ1805), a
- Aigle (1805âÂÂ1814), a landing craft
- (1813âÂÂ1814), a xebec
- (1858), an aviso
- (1858âÂÂ1891), an imperial yacht
- (1916âÂÂ1919), an auxiliary patrol vessel
- (1919âÂÂ1925), a tugboat
- (1932âÂÂ1942), a destroyer, lead ship of her class
- (1987âÂÂ2016), a
See also