French ship Néréide

Many ships of the French Navy have borne the name Néréide, after the Nereid (sea nymphs):

Néréide (1690), a galley
Néréide (1696), a 20-gun frigate
French frigate Néréide (1724), a 42-gun frigate, broken up in 1743.
French frigate Néréide (1779), a 32-gun Sibylle-class frigate, captured in 1797 by HMS Phoebe off the Scilly Isles and taken into service as HMS Nereide. She was recaptured in 1810 during the Battle of Grand Port and broken up after being badly damaged.
French frigate Néréide (1808), a 44-gun frigate, captured in 1811 and taken into service as HMS Madagascar. She was struck from the Navy list in 1819.
French frigate Néréide (1813), a 46-gun frigate which bore the name Rancune
French frigate Néréide (1836), a 52-gun frigate
French submarine Néréide, a Gustave Zédé-class submarine launched in 1914 and struck in 1935

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