The frigate Vestale, sister-ship of frigate (1756)
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Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sibylle:
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.
Many ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vénus in honour of the Roman goddess of love Venus:
Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Capricieuse ("Capricious"):
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Entreprenant and four Entreprenante, after the French word for "enterprising"
Brune was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the naval battles of the Seven Year War, and was captured by the British. Recommissioned in the Royal Navy as the 32-gun HMS Brune, she served until 1792.
Brune was a Coquette class 20-gun corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1781 and captured in 1799 at the siege of Corfu, which saw a joint Russian and Turkish fleet capture Corfu from an occupying French force.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Mutine ("Mischievous"):
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Thétis in honour of nereid and sea nymph Thetis:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Diane in honour of Diana, goddess of the hunt, the moon, and nature in Roman mythology. In addition, two have borne the related name Diana:
A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Astrée in honour of Astraea in Greek mythology.
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amphitrite, after Amphitrite, a Greek sea goddess.
A number of ships and submarines of the French Navy have borne the name Perle ("pearl").
Thirteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Naïade:
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:
Sixteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Diligente ("Diligent"):
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Aurore ("Aurora"):
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Nymphe:
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 88. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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