Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Hermione, in honour of Hermione, daughter of King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen of Troy.
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Méduse, after the Medusa. The best-known is arguable the 1810 frigate Méduse, of Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa fame.
Five ships of the French navy have borne the name Clorinde, in honour of Clorinda in Jerusalem Delivered.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Licorne, the French word for Unicorn:
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Melpomène, in honour of the muse Melpomene.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Andromaque in honour of Andromache, wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes.
Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Guêpe ("wasp"):
At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:
At least seventeen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Triton:
Twelve ships of the French Navy have been named Cérès:
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Galatée or Galathée, in honour of Galatea:
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Actif ("Active"):
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amazone ("Amazon"):
Sixteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Diligente ("Diligent"):
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Victoire ("Victory"):
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Éveillé ("awakened"):
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Aurore ("Aurora"):
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Nymphe:
