title: French ship Renard
text: # French ship Renard
  
  Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Renard, after the Fox or the character Reynard. The name was also popular for privateers.
  
  ## Naval ships
  
  * French fireship Renard, a fire ship.
  * French corvette Renard (1746), a 16-gun corvette, deleted from Navy lists in 1748.
  * French xebec Renard (1762), a 20-gun ship, sold in 1780.
  * French corvette Renard (1780), a corvette captured by the British in 1780.
  * French lugger Renard (1780), formerly the captured British privateer Fox.
  * French lugger Renard (1793), a 12-gun lugger. She appears to have been converted to a schooner; if so, she was the vessel that HMS Cameleon captured in 1803 and that became HMS Renard, later renamed to HMS Crafty. The Spanish captured Crafty in 1807.
  * French brig Renard (1810), a 16-gun Abeille-class brig.
  * French cutter Renard (1829), an 8-gun Écureuil-class cutter.
  * French aviso Renard (1866), a second-class aviso.
  * French patrol boat Renard (1916), an auxiliary patrol boat.
  * French tugboat Renard (1918), a Loup-class tugboat.
  * Fight between Renard (1810) and HMS Swallow.
  * The second-class aviso Renard (1866)
  