Sixteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Loire, after the longest river in France:
Loire (1668), a 6-gun fluteLoire (1686), a 30-gun fluteLoire (1720), a fluteLoire (1780), a scowLoire (1796), a 44-gun frigateLoire (1803), a 20-gun flute, lead ship of her two-vessel her class; destroyed with her classmate in 1809 to avoid capture by the Royal NavyLoire (1809), a scowLoire (1814), a fluteLoire (1840), a scowLoire (1855), a Dordogne class troopshipPrince Jérôme (1854), a Hercule-class ship of the line, was converted into a transport in 1872 as LoireLoire (1915), a commandeered four-masted barqueLoire (1915)), a requisitioned steam shipLoire (1916), a requisitioned cargo shipLoire (1924), an oilerLoire (A615), (1965-2009) a mine countermeasures support ship Loire (French) (Google Translate - Loire (English))