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Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name Redoutable ("Redoubtable"):
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sans Pareil :
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alert, while another was planned:
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.
Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name Impérial or Impériale:
Seven ships of the French navy have borne the name Iphigénie, in honour of Iphigenia.
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Égyptienne, or Egypt, which commemorated Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign, was a popular name for French vessels, including naval vessels and privateers. Between 1799 and 1804, warships of the Royal Navy captured one French frigate and five different French privateers all with the name Égyptienne, and at least one privateer with the name Égypte.
Thirteen ships of the French navy have borne the name Renommée ("Renown"):
Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Prudent or Prudente:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Renard, after the Fox or the character Reynard. The name was also popular for privateers.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Licorne, the French word for Unicorn:
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Entreprenant and four Entreprenante, after the French word for "enterprising"
Seven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Sans-Culotte in honour of the Sans-culottes:
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:
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Seine in honour of the Seine river:
The Capricieuse was a late 22-gun corvette of the French Navy.
A number of ships and submarines of the French Navy have borne the name Perle ("pearl").
Twenty-two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Aurore ("Aurora"):
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 98. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
