Four ships of the French Navy have borne the name of Espoir, in honour of hope.

• Espoir (1788), a Hasard-class brig-sloop (brig-aviso in French nomenclature)^[1]
• Espoir (1795), a storeship^[1]
• Espoir (1939), a police patrol boat^[2]
• Espoir (Q167, 1931), a Redoutable-class submarine^[2]

• French ship Espérance
• HMS Espoir and HMS Hope

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 183. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 197. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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