French ship Prudent

Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Prudent or Prudente:
 * Prudent (1658), a 58-gun ship, condemned in 1696.
 * Prudent (1697), a 60-gun ship, burnt to avoid capture during the Battle of Vigo Bay in 1702.
 * Prudent (1753), a 74-gun ship, burnt to avoid capture during the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758.
 * Prudent (1753), a flute, which foundered in 1772.
 * Prudente (1778), a 32-gun ship, captured by HMS Aeolus (1758) in 1779 and taken into service as HMS Prudente (1779). She was sold in 1803.
 * Prudente (1790), a 36-gun Capricieuse-class frigate, captured by HMS Daedalus (1780) in 1799.