French ship Actif

Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Actif ("Active"):

Ships named Actif

• <i>Palmier</i> (1671), a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career ^[1]
• <i>Étoile</i> (1672), a fireship, bore the name during her career ^[1]
• <i>Émerillon</i> (1672), a 34-gun frigate, bore the name during her career ^[1]
• <i>Fanfaron</i> (1673), a fireship, bore the name during her career ^[1]
• <i>Actif</i> (1675), a fireship ^[1]
• <i>Actif</i> (1676), a fireship ^[1]
• Actif (1752), a 64-gun <i>Illustre</i>-class ship of the line ^[1]
• Actif (1767), a 74-gun Citoyen-class ship of the line ^[2]
• <i>Actif</i> (1779), a 12-gun cutter ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1791), a brig ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1793), a 2-gun cutter captured from the British ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1793), a 4-gun cutter ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1795), a gunboat ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1799), a 12-gun brig ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1799), a 4-gun cutter ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1821), a brig ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1836), a paddle steam tug ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1839), a schooner ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1862), an aviso ^[3]
• <i>Actif</i> (1914), an auxiliary minesweeper ^[4]
• <i>Actif</i> (1940), a tug ^[4]
• <i>Actif</i> (1963), a coastal tug ^[4]

Notes and references

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005a). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005b). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 20. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

List of ships with the same or similar names

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