A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Brave. Among them:
Six ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Temeraire. The name entered the navy with the capture of the first Temeraire from the French in 1759:
Twelve vessels of the French Navy have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin.
16 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Terrible:
Fourteen ships of the French Navy or the Galley Corps of the Ancien Régime or Empire have borne the name Couronne ("crown"):
Cassard was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Dix-août in 1798, in honour of the events of 10 August 1792, and subsequently Brave in 1803.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :
Jean Bart may refer to one of the following ships of the French Navy or privateers named in honour of Jean Bart, a French naval commander and privateer.
Gloire, meaning "glory", has been a popular name for French vessels.
At least 10 ships of the French Navy have borne the name Intrépide ("Intrepid"):
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Neptune, or a variant thereof:
HMS Pompee was a 74-gun ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. Built as La Pompée, a Téméraire-class ship of the French Navy, she was handed over to the British at Spithead by French royalists who had fled France after the Siege of Toulon by the French Republic, only a few months after being completed. After reaching Great Britain, La Pompée was registered and recommissioned as HMS Pompee and spent the entirety of her active career with the Royal Navy until she was broken up in 1817.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arrogant, or HMS Arrogante, whilst another was planned:
HMS Jason was a 38-gun Artois-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during the French Revolutionary Wars, but her career came to an end after just four years in service when she struck an uncharted rock off Brest and sank on 13 October 1798. She had already had an eventful career, and was involved in several engagements with French vessels.
Thirteen ships of the French navy have borne the name Renommée ("Renown"):
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sans-Culotte in honour of the Sans-culottes:
Brave, launched at Le Havre in 1793, was the name vessel of a two-vessel class of brig-rigged canonnières, i.e., gun-brigs. The French Navy renamed her Arrogante in May 1795. The Royal Navy captured her on 23 or 24 April 1798. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Arrogante, but renamed her HMS Insolent some four months later. She was sold in June 1818.
At least twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Superbe ("Superb"):
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Actif ("Active"):
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Victoire ("Victory"):