French ship Néréide

Seven ships of the French Navy have born the name Néréide, after the Nereid (sea nymphs):


 * Néréide (1690), a galley
 * Néréide (1696), a 20-gun frigate
 * Néréide (1724), a 42-gun frigate, broken up in 1743.
 * Néréide (1779), a 32-gun Sibylle class frigate, captured in 1797 by HMS Phoebe (1795) off the Scilly Isles and taken into service as HMS Nereide. She was recaptured in 1810 during the Battle of Grand Port and broken up after being badly damaged.
 * Néréide (1808), a 44-gun frigate, captured in 1811 and taken into service as HMS Madagascar (1811). She was struck from the Navy list in 1819.
 * Néréide (1813), a 46-gun frigate which bore the name Rancune
 * Néréide (1836), a 52-gun frigate