At least two ships of the French Navy have been named Protet:
Five ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been named HMAS Sydney, after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales.
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Danae, after the Greek heroine Danaë.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Centaur, after the half-human, half-horse centaur of Greek mythology:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Devonshire, originally in honour of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, and later after the county of Devonshire.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achates after Achates, a character in Roman mythology. A sixth was planned but never completed:
Six ships of the French Navy have been named Forbin in honour of the 17th century admiral Claude Forbin-Gardanne:
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been named Blanco Encalada after Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790–1876), a Vice Admiral and Chile's first President
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undaunted:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Cassard in honour of Jacques Cassard:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blanche:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Constance, whilst another was planned:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :
A number of ships of the French Navy have been named Milan, for the Kite:
Protet was a protected cruiser of the French Navy built in the 1890s, the second and final member of the Catinat class. The Catinat-class cruisers were ordered as part of a construction program directed at strengthening the fleet's cruiser force at a time the country was concerned with the growing naval threat of the Italian and German fleets. The new cruisers were intended to serve with the main fleet and overseas in the French colonial empire. Protet was armed with a main battery of four 164 mm (6.5 in) guns, was protected by an armor deck that was 25 to 60 mm thick, and was capable of steaming at a top speed of up to 20 knots.
At least three ships of the French Navy have borne the name Vautour:
At least two ships of the French Navy have borne the name Épervier:
At least three ships of the French Navy have borne the name La Galissonnière: