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 in 1695 and taken in service as . 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 . Sold in 1763. , condemned in 1857. (1876), an ironclad launched in 1876.