Redoutable is a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line. She fought against HMS Victory and 2 other ships during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action.

To assist in defending distant French colonial possessions, such as Indo-China, there was launched last week at Cherbourg the super-submarine, Redoutable.Mounting 10 torpedo tubes, a heavy gun, an ...

Le Redoutable was launched in 1967 and commissioned 4 years later; she was the first of her class, a state-of-the-art war machine designed for stealth. After 20 years at sea, she was decommissioned.

This article was originally published with the title “ The French Was Ship Redoutable ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 62 No. 4 (January 1890), p. 59 doi:10.1038 ...