Five ships of the French Navy have borne the name Scipion in honour of Scipio Africanus.

French ships named Scipion

• French ship Scipion (1778), a 74-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class (1779–1782)^[1]
• French ship Scipion (1790), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line (1790–1793)^[1]
• Saint-Esprit, an 80-gun ship of the line renamed Scipion in 1794, lead ship of her class (1766–1795)^[1]
• French ship Scipion (1801), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line ordered in 1798 as Orient, renamed in 1801 and captured by the British in 1805^[1]
• French ship Scipion (1813), an 80-gun ship of the line (1813–1846)^[1]