French ship Trident

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 (1876), an ironclad launched in 1876.

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