French ship Hermione explained

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.

Ships

• , a 30-gun frigate, lead ship of her class^[1]
• , a 34-gun frigate
• , a 24-gun frigate
• , a 22-gun frigate
• , a 32-gun
• , a frigate that bore the name Hermione during her career^[2]
• , a 40-gun
• , a 46-gun frigate
• (1860), a 28-gun frigate converted to steam on keel
• , a ^[3]
• an broken up incomplete on slip in 1940

See also

• , a replica of the Hermione of 1779, currently in service.
• ^[4]

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 241–242.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 2. 250.

Notes and References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.241
2. Roche, vol.1, p.2421
3. Roche, vol.2, p.250
4. Roche (vol.1, p.241) mentions of 1782 as having been surrendered by her mutinied crew and perhaps incorporated in the French Navy; it appears, however, that she was with the Spanish Navy the entire time until her recapture by the Royal Navy.