A large number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Argonaute in honour of the mythological navigators argonauts. Among them:
Argonaute (1708), a 50-gun ship of the line, personal ship of Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la MotteArgonaute (1723), a 46-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her classArgonaute (1781), a 74-gun ship of the line, razéed to a 42-gun ship in 1794 and renamed Flibustier, out of service in 1795Argonaute (1794), a 74-gun ship of the line that took part in the Battle of TrafalgarArgonaute (1806), formerly the Spanish Vencedor of 78 gunsArgonaute (1840), a ship of the line launched in 1840 but never commissionedArgonaute (1893), a torpedo boatArgonaute (1911), a prototype submarineArgonaute (1929), a submarine, lead ship of her class, sunk by the HMS Achates on the 8th of November 1942Argonaute (S636), a submarine of the Aréthuse type (1958), now a museumArgonaute (2004), a ship specialised in rescue and decontamination