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 (1689) in 1695 and taken in service as HMS Trydent (1695). 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 (1747). Sold in 1763.
 * FRENCH SHIP Trident, condemned in 1857.
 * FRENCH IRONCLAD Trident (1876), an ironclad launched in 1876.
 * FRENCH IRONCLAD Trident (1876), an ironclad launched in 1876.