The Vigilant is a strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy.
The Royal Navy also have a SSBN in service called Vigilant.
Famous quotes containing the words french and/or vigilant:
“It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“We have a vigilant consul, Caninius, who never slept once during his entire term of office!”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)