Sixteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Loire, after the longest river in France:
Loire (1668), a 6-gun flute
Loire (1686), a 30-gun flute
Loire (1720), a flute
Loire (1780), a scow
Loire (1796), a 44-gun frigate
Loire (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 Navy
Loire (1809), a scow
Loire (1814), a flute
Loire (1840), a scow
Loire (1855), a Dordogne class troopship
Prince Jérôme (1854), a Hercule-class ship of the line, was converted into a transport in 1872 as Loire
Loire (1915), a commandeered four-masted barque
Loire (1915)), a requisitioned steam ship
Loire (1916), a requisitioned cargo ship
Loire (1924), an oiler
Loire (A615), (1965-2009) a mine countermeasures support ship Loire (French) (Google Translate - Loire (English))
