French Imperial Navy

French Imperial Navy
Marine Impériale
Emblem of Napoleon Bonaparte
Active	1804 – 1814 1815
Country	French Empire
Allegiance	Napoleon I
Type	Naval forces
Navy Headquarters	Hôtel de la Marine, Paris
Colors	Le Tricolore
Engagements	Napoleonic Wars Naval Campaigns
Commanders
Supreme Commander	Napoleon I
Notable commanders	Julien Cosmao Denis Decrès Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville Jean Jacques Étienne Lucas Pierre Martin François Étienne de Rosily-Mesros Édouard Thomas Burgues de Missiessy Albin Roussin Pierre César Charles de Sercey Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard Laurent Jean François Truguet Pierre-Charles Villeneuve Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez

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The French Imperial Navy (French: Marine Impériale) was the name given to the French Navy during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, and subsequently during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first use of the title 'Imperial Navy' was in 1804, following the Coronation of Napoleon, a name derived from the old French Navy under The Republic. It notably saw action at the Battle of Trafalgar, and its defeat prevented Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom. After the First Bourbon Restoration in 1814, the navy was renamed to its old title of French Royal Navy, but after Napoleon's return in March 1815, briefly became the Imperial Navy once more. Following the Second Bourbon Restoration, the navy once again became royal, and the title wasn't used again.