Several frigates and one submarine of the French Navy have borne the name Danaé:
French frigate Danaé (1756), 38-gun frigate, captured by the Royal Navy in 1759, named HMS Danae (1759) Danae, a 32-gun frigate built in 1763, captured by the British in 1779, and then placed in Royal Navy service as French frigate Danaé (1782) French frigate Danaé (1807), a , an launched in 1927 and scuttled in 1942