At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named Lion:
Ships named Lion
- , a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
- , a 42-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
- , a 40-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
- (1694), a fireship
- , a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class
- , a 74-gun ship of the line renamed Marat before launch
- (1794), a corvette
- , a 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career
- , a Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1804 and scuttled and burnt in 1809
- (1885), an
- (1916), an armed trawler, ex-Brazilian Ernestina
- , an armed boat
- , a launched in 1929 and scuttled in 1942.
- , a
Other ships with similar names
- , a 27-gun fluyt, ex-Briton Lion captured from the British
- , a 28-gun ship of the line
- , a 22-gun ship of the line
- , a 46-gun ship of the line, bore the name Lion de Smaland during her career
- , a 24-gun ship of the line, also originally named Lion rouge
- , a fireship, bore the name Lion d'Or during her career
- , a 40-gun ship of the line, possibly the captured Turkish ship Al Assad el Ahmar.
- , an armed ketch
- , an armed trawler
Ships named Lionne are at French ship Lionne.
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