Requin

"Requin" -- or the "Shark," as she was now almost universally called -- with orders to get under weigh and tow the flotilla down to the cove.

Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886

"Requin" (Shark), which was painted on her stern in small red letters.

Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886

Now, in allusion to the white, silent stillness of death in this shark, and the mild deadliness of his habits, the French call him Requin.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

In a letter to me, Lieutenant-Colonel (then Major) Requin gives some graphic bits descriptive of that historic errand.

Foch the Man Laughlin, Clara E 1918

On that evening he sent Major Requin to the Forty-second Division with orders for the morrow.

Foch the Man Laughlin, Clara E 1918

Colonel Requin calls that Battle of the Yser “like a preface to the great victory of 1918.”

Foch the Man Laughlin, Clara E 1918

Thanks to powerful influence, he had just been appointed a member of the official expedition on board the Requin, which was to be sent to the Arctic Circle in search of the survivors of the D'Artoi's expedition, of whom nothing had been heard for three years.

The Phantom of the Opera 1911

Somewhere near the top he fell, and next day a party going to the Dent du Requin found him on the rocks thousands of feet below.

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

We were by this time threading in and out among the transports on our way to a vacant berth at no great distance from the "Victory," and in about five minutes afterwards the "Requin" and her prizes came to an anchor.

Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886

Now, in allusion to the white, silent stillness of death in this shark, and the mild deadliness of his habits, the French call him Requin.

Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855