title: French ship Illustre
text: # French ship Illustre
  
  Seven ships of the French Navy have born the name Illustre ("Illustrious")
  
  ## Ships named Illustre
  
  * Illustre (1666), a 64-gun ship of the line.
  * Illustre (1713), a galley.
  * Illustre (1751), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class .
  * Illustre (1781), a 74-gun Magnanime-class ship of the line.
  * Dantzig (1807), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the Borée sub-type, was originally ordered as Illustre.
  * Illustre (1811), a 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line.
  * Auguste (1811), a 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line, was renamed Illustre at the Bourbon Restauration.
  