List of French current frigates

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This is a list of frigates in service with the French Navy as of 2021:

First rank Frigates[]

The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer"; thus, some large ships of the first rank (like Horizon) are designated "frigates", though they are registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").

  • Horizon class - 2 ships (primary air defence role)
    • D620 Forbin
    • D621 Chevalier Paul
  • Georges Leygues class (F70 type) - 1 ship (primary anti-submarine (ASW) role)
Stealth frigate Surcouf and Courbet
  • Aquitaine class - 7 ships (6 primary ASW/land attack role, 1 primary air defence/ASW role)
    • D650 Aquitaine
    • D652 Provence
    • D653 Languedoc
    • D654 Auvergne
    • D655 Bretagne
    • D651 Normandie
    • D656 Alsace (primary air defence/ASW role)
  • La Fayette class - 5 ships (general purpose/escort role)
    • F710 La Fayette
    • F711 Surcouf
    • F712 Courbet
    • F713 Aconit
    • F714 Guépratte

(3 La Fayette class (La Fayette, Courbet and Aconit) being upgraded to incorporate hull-mounted sonar as well as modernization of other systems).

Second rank frigates[]

  • Floréal class - 6 ships (sovereignty protection/patrol role for French overseas territories)

See also[]

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