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 classRoche, vol.1, p.241 , a 34-gun frigate , a 24-gun frigate , a 22-gun frigate , a 32-gun , a frigate that bore the name Hermione during her careerRoche, vol.1, p.2421 , a 40-gun , a 46-gun frigate (1860), a 28-gun frigate converted to steam on keel , a Roche, vol.2, p.250 an broken up incomplete on slip in 1940
See also , a replica of the Hermione of 1779, currently in service. 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.
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