Current French Navy ships

This is a (non exhaustive) list of currently operating ships of the French Navy.

[edit] Aircraft carriers

The Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

• R91 Charles de Gaulle

[edit] Projection and command vessels

Mistral Projection and Command vessel.

• Mistral class - 2 ships
  • L9013 Mistral
  • L9014 Tonnerre

[edit] Helicopter cruiser

• R97 Jeanne d'Arc

[edit] Submarines

[edit] SNLE (SSBN)

SNLE-NG (Le Triomphant class)

• SNLE (Le Redoutable class) - 1 ships
  • S615 L'Inflexible
• SNLE-NG (Le Triomphant class) - 3 ships
  • S616 Le Triomphant
  • S617 Le Téméraire
  • S618 Le Vigilant

[edit] SNA (SSN Nuclear attack submarines)

Rubis class submarine.

• Rubis class - 6 ships
  • S601 Rubis (ex-Provence)
  • S602 Saphir (ex-Bretagne)
  • S603 Casabianca (ex-Bourgogne)
  • S604 Émeraude
  • S605 Améthyste
  • S606 Perle

[edit] First rank frigates (destroyers)

Horizon class frigate.

F70 type frigate.

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 and operate as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").

• Horizon class - 2 ships
  • D620 Forbin (fitting out)
  • D621 Chevalier Paul (fitting out)

• Cassard class (type F70 AA) - 2 ships
  • D614 Cassard
  • D615 Jean Bart

• Georges Leygues class (type F70 ASM) - 7 ships
  • D640 Georges Leygues
  • D641 Dupleix
  • D642 Montcalm
  • D643 Jean de Vienne
  • D644 Primauguet
  • D645 La Motte Picquet
  • D646 Latouche-Tréville

• Tourville class (type F 67) - 2 ships
  • D610 Tourville
  • D612 De Grasse

[edit] Second rank frigates

La Fayette class stealth frigate.

Floréal class frigate.

• La Fayette class - 5 ships
  • F710 La Fayette
  • F711 Surcouf
  • F712 Courbet
  • F713 Aconit
  • F714 Guépratte
• Floréal class - 6 ships
  • F730 Floréal
  • F731 Prairial
  • F732 Nivôse
  • F733 Ventôse
  • F734 Vendémiaire
  • F735 Germinal

[edit] Corvettes

D'Estienne d'Orves class aviso.

Lighter combat ships are called Avisos, roughly equivalent to Corvettes in other navies, however hull numbers follow frigate denomination (Fxxx).

• D'Estienne d'Orves class (type A 69) - 9 ships
  • F788 Second-Maître Le Bihan
  • F789 Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff
  • F790 Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée
  • F791 Commandant L'Herminier
  • F792 Premier-Maître L'Her
  • F793 Commandant Blaison
  • F794 Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet
  • F795 Commandant Ducuing
  • F796 Commandant Birot
  • F797 Commandant Bouan

[edit] Patrol ships

L'Audacieuse class patrol ship.

Flamant class patrol ship.

P676 Flamant class patrol ship.

• P680 Sterne (only ship of her class)
• P681 Albatros (only ship of her class)
• L'Audacieuse class (type P 400) - 10 ships
  • P682 L'Audacieuse
  • P683 La Boudeuse
  • P684 La Capricieuse
  • P685 La Fougueuse
  • P686 La Glorieuse
  • P687 La Gracieuse
  • P688 La Moqueuse
  • P689 La Railleuse
  • P690 La Rieuse
  • P691 La Tapageuse

• P675 Arago (type Lapérouse, converted)

• Flamant class - 3 ships
  • P676 Flamant
  • P677 Cormoran
  • P678 Pluvier

• A679 Grebe (type Espadon 50; only ship of her class)

• Athos class - 2 ships
  • A712 Athos
  • A713 Aramis

[edit] Mine Warfare Forces

Pegase, Eridan class minesweeper.

• A645 Alizé (only ship of her class)
• Eridan class - 13 ships
  • M641 Eridan
  • M642 Cassiopée
  • M643 Andromède
  • M644 Pégase
  • M645 Orion
  • M646 Croix du sud
  • M647 Aigle
  • M648 Lyre
  • M649 Persée
  • M650 Sagittaire
  • M651 Verseau (ex M920 Iris)
  • M652 Céphée (ex M919 Fushia)
  • M653 Capricorne (ex M918 Dianthus)

• Vulcain class - 4 ships
  • M611 Vulcain
  • A613 Achéron
  • M614 Styx
  • M622 Pluton

• Antarès class - 3 ships
  • M770 Antarès
  • M771 Altaïr
  • M772 Aldébaran

[edit] Landing Platform Dock (LPD)

Foudre class LPD.

• Foudre class - 2 ships
  • L9011 Foudre
  • L9012 Siroco
• L9077 Bougainville

[edit] Light transport ships

• BATRAL (type Champlain) - 4 ships
  • L9031 Francis Garnier
  • L9032 Dumont D'Urville
  • L9033 Jacques Cartier
  • L9034 La Grandière

[edit] Landing crafts

• Sabre class - 4 ships
  • L9051 Sabre
  • L9052 Dague
  • L9061 Rapière
  • L9062 Hallebarde
• Chalands de transport de matériel (CTM) - 16 ships

[edit] High Sea Tugs

• Abeille Flandre class - 6 ships
• Estérel class - 2 ships
• Malabar class - 3 ships
• Actif class - 1 ship remaining in service as of 2004

[edit] Trial, experimentation and intelligence ships

Intelligence ship Dupuy de Lôme

Monge

• A601 Monge
• A743 Denti
• A785 Thétis
• A759 Dupuy de Lôme

[edit] Hydrography and Oceanography

• A758 Beautemps-Beaupré
• Lapérouse class - 3 ships
  • A791 Lapérouse
  • A793 Laplace
  • A792 Borda

[edit] Support ships

• A620 Jules Verne - mobile mechanics

Durance class tankers

• Durance class tankers - 4 ships
  • A607 Meuse
  • A608 Var
  • A630 Marne
  • A631 Somme
• A615 Loire
• A616 Le Malin

[edit] School ships

• Belle Poule (sail ship)
• Étoile (sail ship)
• Mutin (sail ship)
• La Grande Hermine (sail ship)
• Léopard class - 8 ships
• D'Entrecasteaux
• Glycine class - 8 ships

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