French ship Minerve

Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.

Ships named Minerve

• Minerve (1757), a 26-gun frigate, lead ship of her class (1757–1762) ^[1]
• Minerve (1778), a 32-gun frigate (1778–1781) ^{[2] [1]}
• Diane (1779), a 32-gun Sibylle-class frigate, was started as Minerve ^[1]
• Minerve (1782), a 40-gun frigate, lead ship of her class (1782–1794) ^[1]
• Spartiate (1794), a 16-gun corvette (1794–1795), bore the name ^[1]
• Minerve (1794), a 40-gun frigate (1794–1809) ^[1]
• Minerve (1797), a 58-gun ship of the line (1797–1799) ^[1]
• Président (1804), a 40-gun frigate, was started as Minerve ^[1]
• Minerve (1805), a 44-gun Armide-class frigate (1805–1806) ^[1]
• Minerve (1806), a 44-gun frigate (1806–1814) ^[1]
• Minerve (1809), a captured Portuguese 48-gun frigate (1809–1810) ^[1]
• Minerve (1831), a 32-gun frigate (1836–1874) ^[3]
• Minerve (1865), a steam frigate of the Vénus class ^[3]
• Minerve (1934), a submarine of the FNFL (1936–1946)
• Minerve (S647), a Daphné-class submarine (1964–1968)

Ships of the French Navy named Minerve

• 
  Minerve (1782) (centre) serving in the Royal Navy as HMS St Fiorenzo
• 
  Minerve (1794)
• 
  Minerve (1805)
• 
  Minerve (1809)
• 
  Minerve (1831)

See also

• HMS Minerve
• Minerva (disambiguation)
• HMS Minerva

Notes and references

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.310
2. "Minerve (38) [1795]".
3. Roche, vol.1, p.311

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 310–311. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.