Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Bellone, in honour of Bellona:
Bellone (1690–1696), a galley
Bellone (1696–1719), a 32-gun frigate
Bellone (1745–1749), a 30-gun frigate
Bellone (1758–1777), a 32-gun frigate
Bellone (1779–1806), a 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate
Bellone (1797–1797), a xebec
Bellone (1807–1817), a 44-gun frigate
Bellone (1808), an unknown ship
Bellone (1814–1840), a 44-gun Hortense-class frigate
Bellone (1853–1877), a 38-gun frigate
Bellone (Q102, 1917-1935), the lead ship of the Bellone class of submarines
Several French privateers also bore the name.
Notable is the 34-gun Bellone, under Jacques François Perroud [1], which captured the East Indiaman Lord Nelson on 14 August 1803 [2]. A painting by Auguste Mayer commemorates the action.
