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Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dido, after Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage.
Didon was a Virginie-class 40-gun frigate of the French Navy. Captured by the British in 1805, she went on to serve briefly in the Royal Navy as the 38-gun fifth-rate HMS Didon until she was sold in 1810.
Gloire, meaning "glory", has been a popular name for French vessels.
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:
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.
Ten ships of the French Navy have borne the name Junon, in honour of Juno:
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.
Sixteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vénus in honour of the Roman goddess of love Venus:
Pomone is the name of several ships:
Thirteen ships of the French navy have borne the name Renommée ("Renown"):
Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Psyché:
Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Melpomène, in honour of the muse Melpomene.
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:
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.
Twelve ships of the French Navy have been named Cérès:
Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amazone ("Amazon"):
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, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 151. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
