List of active French Navy ships

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This is a list of active French Navy ships.[1][2][3] The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force)[4] and the 10 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force). Primary assets include 1 nuclear aircraft carrier, 3 amphibious assault ships, 3 air-defence destroyers (one of which has a dual-capable anti-submarine - ASW - role), 7 ASW destroyers, 5 general-purpose frigates, and 6 surveillance frigates. The submarine force consists of 6 nuclear attack submarines and 4 nuclear ballistic missile submarines. Integral to supporting the Force d'Action Navale at sea are the French Navy's 2 replenishment oilers, 17 mine countermeasure vessels and 8 support ships. In addition to the above units, the Navy operates 15 patrol ships (supplemented by French coast guard vessels), 5 survey vessels, 4 experimentation ships, 4 ocean tugboats and 14 training vessels.

The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" in vessel names. Instead, surface combatants of the first rank (such as the Aquitaine class) are named "frigates", though they are registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").

Submarine fleet (Forces sous-marines)[]

Main articles: Submarine forces (France) and List of submarines of France

Ballistic missile submarine[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
Triomphant class Triomphant S616 1997 14,335 tonnes Ballistic missile submarine
Téméraire S617 1999
Vigilant S618 2004
Terrible S619 2010

  • Téméraire (Triomphant class)

Nuclear attack submarine[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
Rubis class Rubis S601 1983 2,660 tonnes Nuclear attack submarine
Casabianca S603 1987
Émeraude S604 1988
Améthyste S605 1992
Perle S606 1993
Barracuda class Suffren Q284 2020 5,300 tonnes

  • Casabianca (Rubis class)

  • Suffren (Barracuda class)

Surface fleet (Bâtiments de combat)[]

Aircraft carrier[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
— Charles de Gaulle R91 2001 42,500 tonnes Aircraft carrier

  • Charles de Gaulle

Amphibious warfare[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
Mistral class Mistral L9013 2006 21,500 tonnes Landing helicopter dock
Tonnerre L9014
Dixmude L9015 2012

  • Dixmude (Mistral class)

Major surface combatants[]

Class Ship No. Comm Displacement Type Note
Horizon class Forbin D620 2008 7,050 tonnes Air-defence destroyer
Chevalier Paul D621 2009
Aquitaine class Alsace D656 2021 6,040 tonnes Lorraine (D657) to be commissioned in 2022[5]
Aquitaine D650 2012 Anti-submarine destroyer
Normandie D651 2020
Provence D652 2015
Languedoc D653 2017
Auvergne D654 2018
Bretagne D655 2019
Georges Leygues class Latouche-Tréville D615 1991 4,910 tonnes To be decommissioned in 2022[6]
La Fayette class La Fayette F710 1996 3,800 tonnes General-purpose frigate To be complemented and eventually replaced in first rank roles by future Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI) from 2024[7]
Surcouf F711 1997
Courbet F712
Aconit F713 1999
Guépratte F714 2001
Floréal class Floréal F730 1992 2,950 tonnes Surveillance frigate Class has anti-ship missiles removed and functions in a second-rank "surveillance frigate" role for French overseas territories.
Prairial F731 1992
Nivôse F732
Ventôse F733 1993
Vendémiaire F734
Germinal F735 1994

  • Jean Bart (Cassard class)

  • Forbin (Horizon class)

  • Aquitaine (Aquitaine class)

  • Latouche-Tréville (Georges Leygues class)

  • Surcouf (La Fayette class)

  • Germinal (Floréal class)

Patrol[]

Class Ship No. Comm Displacement Type Note
— L'Astrolabe P800 2017 4,000 tonnes Icebreaker/offshore patrol/support vessel Based in Réunion; co-operated by the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) Administration and the French Navy.
D'Entrecasteaux class D'Entrecasteaux A621 2016 2,300 tonnes Offshore patrol/support vessel A621 based in Noumea, A622 in Papeete, A623 in Reunion and A624 in Fort-de-France[8]
Bougainville A622
Champlain A623 2017
Dumont d'Urville A624 2020
D'Estienne d'Orves class Premier-Maître L'Her F792 1981 1,250 tonnes Offshore patrol vessel Originally entered service as avisos (sloops / light corvettes), reclassified as OPVs in 2012.[9] To be replaced from 2025 as part of the acquisition of a new class of ocean-going patrol vessels ("Patrouilleurs Océanique" - PO).[10]
Commandant Blaison F793 1982
Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacoubet F794
Commandant Ducuing F795 1983
Commandant Birot F796 1984
Commandant Bouan F797
La Confiance class La Confiance P733 2017 700 tonnes P733 and P734 based in Guiana; P735 in Martinique
La Résolue P734
La Combattante P735 2020
L'Audacieuse class La Glorieuse P686 1985 480 tonnes Based in Noumea, to be decommissioned by 2022;[11] Class to be replaced in 2023-25 period by 6 POM-type (Patrouilleur d’Outre-Mer) patrol vessels.[12][13][14]

  • L'Astrolabe

  • D'Entrecasteaux (D'Entrecasteaux class)

  • Commandant Bouan (D'Estienne d'Orves class)

  • La Résolue (La Confiance class)

  • La Glorieuse (L'Audacieuse class)

Mine countermeasures[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
Éridan class Cassiopée M642 1984 615 tonnes Minehunter To be replaced by Système de lutte anti-mines futur (SLAM-F) starting in 2023[15]
Andromède M643
Pégase M644 1985
Orion M645 1986
Croix du Sud M646
Aigle M647 1987
Lyre M648
Céphée M652
Capricorne M653
Sagittaire M650 1996
Vulcain class Vulcain M611 1986 490 tonnes Clearance diving To be replaced by SLAM-F
Pluton M622 1986
Styx M614 1987
Achéron A613
Antarès class Antarès M770 1993 340 tonnes Sonar towing vessel To be replaced by SLAM-F
Altaïr M771
Aldébaran M772 1994

  • Cassiopée (Éridan class)

  • Achéron (Vulcain class)

  • Antarès (Antarès class)

Coastguard[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
— Le Malin P701 1997 1,300 tonnes Coastal patrol vessel An ex-trawler based in La Reunion. To be replaced by a POM-class patrol vessel
Lapérouse class Arago P675 1988 980 tonnes An ex-hydrographic survey vessel. Extension of role in French Polynesia until 2024 pending arrival of POM-class OPVs.[16]
— Fulmar P740 1991 550 tonnes An ex-trawler based in Saint Pierre
Flamant-class Flamant P676 1997 390 tonnes Patrol boat To be replaced from 2025 as part of the acquisition of new class of "PO" ocean-going patrol vessels.
Cormoran P677
Pluvier P678

  • Le Malin

  • Arago (Lapérouse class)

  • Fulmar

  • Flamant (Flamant class)

Auxiliary fleet (Bâtiments de soutien)[]

Replenishment[]

Class Ship No. Comm Displacement Type Note
Durance-class Marne A630 1987 17,900 tonnes Replenishment oiler To be replaced by 4 Bâtiments ravitailleur de forces between 2023 and 2029[17] (Jacques Chevallier-class), which will be 50% larger than the Durance-class ships.[18]
Somme A631 1990

  • Somme (Durance-class)

Intelligence, research and experimentation[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
— Monge A601 1992 21,040 tonnes Tracking ship
— Dupuy de Lôme A759 2006 3,600 tonnes SIGINT
— Alizé A645 2005 1,600 tonnes DGSE diving support Also used to test new equipment and diving procedures
Lapérouse class Thétis A785 1988 1,050 tonnes Mine-warfare experimentation To be replaced by SLAM-F

  • Monge

  • Dupuy de Lôme

  • Thétis (Lapérouse class)

Survey[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
— Pourquoi Pas? — 2005 6,600 tonnes Oceanographic survey Operated by IFREMER (55%) and the French Navy (45%) with civilian crew.[19]
— Beautemps-Beaupré A758 2003 3,600 tonnes
Lapérouse class Lapérouse A791 1988 980 tonnes Hydrographic survey To be replaced from 2025 to 2027 by 2 new hydro-oceanographic vessels.
Borda A792
Laplace A793 1989

  • Pourquoi pas?

  • Beautemps-Beaupré

  • Laplace (Lapérouse class)

Tugboats[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
UT515 class Abeille Bourbon — 2005 4,600 tonnes Oceangoing tug Operated under charter
Abeille Liberté —
Abeille Flandre — 1978 2,220 tonnes
Abeille Languedoc —

  • Abeille Liberté

  • Abeille Flandre

Support[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
— Argonaute — — ~4,000 tonnes Support and pollution control Operated under charter
Jason —
Pionnier —
Sapeur —
Loire class Loire A602 2018 2,960 tonnes Offshore support and assistance
Rhône A603 2019
Seine A604
Garonne A605 2020

  • Jason

  • Loire (Loire class)

Training[]

Class Boat No. Comm Displacement Type Note
UT712 class Rebel — — 2,900 tonnes Training ship Operated under charter
UT745 class Partisan — — 2,340 tonnes
Léopard class Léopard A748 1982 470 tonnes
Panthère A749
Jaguar A750
Lynx A751
Guépard A752 1983
Chacal A753
Tigre A754
Lion A755
Glycine class Glycine A770 1992 295 tonnes Navigation training
Églantine A771
Paimpolaise class Étoile A649 1932 275 tonnes Sail training Schooner
Belle Poule A650

  • Rebel

  • Guépard (Léopard class)

  • Glycine (Glycine class)

  • Belle Poule (Paimpolaise class)

Other[]

  • 17 x RPC12 harbour and coastal tugboats

For a complete list of Bâtiments de soutien (Auxiliaries) see Bâtiments de soutien at the official Marine Nationale website.

Silhouettes[]

Silhouettes of major fleet units:

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Mistral 		Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Tonnerre 		Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Dixmude
Horizon-class frigate
Forbin 		Horizon-class frigate
Chevalier Paul
Georges Leygues-class frigate
Latouche-Tréville 		FREMM multipurpose frigate
Aquitaine 		FREMM multipurpose frigate
Alsace 		FREMM multipurpose frigate
Normandie 		FREMM multipurpose frigate
Provence 		FREMM multipurpose frigate
Languedoc
FREMM multipurpose frigate
Auvergne 		FREMM multipurpose frigate
Bretagne 		La Fayette-class frigate
La Fayette 		La Fayette-class frigate
Surcouf 		La Fayette-class frigate
Courbet 		La Fayette-class frigate
Aconit 		La Fayette-class frigate
Guépratte
Triomphant-class submarine
Triomphant 		Triomphant-class submarine
Téméraire 		Triomphant-class submarine
Vigilant 		Triomphant-class submarine
Terrible
Barracuda-class submarine (France)
Suffren 		Rubis-class submarine
Rubis 		Rubis-class submarine
Casabianca 		Rubis-class submarine
Émeraude 		Rubis-class submarine
Améthyste 		Rubis-class submarine
Perle

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Liste des bâtiments de combat de la Marine nationale par unité" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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  5. ^ Groizeleau, Vincent (13 November 2020). "Naval Group met à l'eau sa dernière FREMM". Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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  9. ^ Between 2011 and 2017 heavy armaments have been removed.
  10. ^ https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/06/french-navy-ageing-phms-and-psps-patrol-vessels-to-be-replaced-with-10-new-opvs/
  11. ^ https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/apres-le-retrait-du-service-de-la-moqueuse-plus-quun-p400-operationnel
  12. ^ https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/la-livraison-du-premier-patrouilleur-doutre-mer-repoussee-2023
  13. ^ "Patrouilleurs de la Marine nationale - Sénat". www.senat.fr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  14. ^ "SOCARENAM Shipyard Selected to Deliver 6 French Navy OPVs for Overseas Territories". 3 December 2019.
  15. ^ "France Launches SLAMF Mine Warfare Program but Many Questions Remain". 6 November 2020.
  16. ^ https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/october/9144-extension-of-patrol-vessel-arago-s-operations-in-french-polynesia-until-2024.html
  17. ^ "Marine nationale : Le BRF Jacques Chevallier sera livré en 2023". 14 April 2021.
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  19. ^ Forces de surface - Les bâtiments hydrographiques et océanographiques Archived 2013-07-19 at WebCite, defense.gouv.fr, Retrieved 28 June 2014

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