Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Minerve, in honour of the Greek goddess Minerva.
Ships named Minerve , a 26-gun frigate, lead ship of her class (1757–1762)Roche, vol.1, p.310 , a 32-gun frigate (1778–1781) , a 32-gun , was started as Minerve , a 40-gun frigate, lead ship of her class (1782–1794) , a 16-gun corvette (1794–1795), bore the name , a 40-gun frigate (1794–1809) , a 58-gun ship of the line (1797–1799) , a 40-gun frigate, was started as Minerve , a 44-gun (1805–1806) , a 44-gun frigate (1806–1814) , a captured Portuguese 48-gun frigate (1809–1810) , a 32-gun frigate (1836–1874)Roche, vol.1, p.311 , a steam frigate of the , a submarine of the FNFL (1936–1946) , a (1964–1968)
See also
Minerva (disambiguation)
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