Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Illustre ("Illustrious")

• Illustre (1666), a 64-gun ship of the line. ^[1]
• Illustre (1713), a galley. ^[1]
• Illustre (1751), a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class . ^[1]
• Illustre (1781), a 74-gun Magnanime-class ship of the line. ^[1]
• Dantzig (1807), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the Borée sub-type, was originally ordered as Illustre. ^[1]
• Illustre (1811), a 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line. ^[1]
• Auguste (1811), a 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line, was renamed Illustre at the Bourbon Restauration. ^[1]

• HMS Illustrious

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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