Foudre, ex-Seine, circa 1914
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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.
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.
Five ships of the French navy have borne the name Clorinde, in honour of Clorinda in Jerusalem Delivered.
Seven ships of the French navy have borne the name Iphigénie, in honour of Iphigenia.
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 Andromaque in honour of Andromache, wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes.
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 Guerrière.
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 Robuste ("Robust"):
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 Victoire ("Victory"):
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
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 409–410. 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. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042
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