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*''Trident'' (1695), broken up in 1720.
*''Trident'' (1695), broken up in 1720.
*''Trident'' (1742), captured in 1747 during the [[Second battle of Cape Finisterre]] and taken into service as {{HMS|Trydent|1747|6}}. Sold in 1763.
*''Trident'' (1742), captured in 1747 during the [[Second battle of Cape Finisterre]] and taken into service as {{HMS|Trydent|1747|6}}. Sold in 1763.
*[[French ship Trident (1811)|Trident (1811)]], condemned in 1857.
*[[French ship Trident (1811)|''Trident'' (1811)]], condemned in 1857.
* ''[[French ironclad Trident|Trident]]'', an ironclad launched in 1876.


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Revision as of 12:13, 9 February 2018

Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Trident, after the Trident, often associated with the Roman God of the Sea, Neptune:

  • Trident (1666), renamed Mercoeur and condemned in 1697.
  • Trident (1671), condemned in 1686.
  • Trident (1688), captured by HMS Plymouth in 1695 and taken in service as HMS Trydent. Later renamed Trident Prize, she was sunk as a breakwater in 1702 at Harwich.
  • Trident (1695), broken up in 1720.
  • Trident (1742), captured in 1747 during the Second battle of Cape Finisterre and taken into service as HMS Trydent. Sold in 1763.
  • Trident (1811), condemned in 1857.
  • Trident, an ironclad launched in 1876.