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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 9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force). Primary assets include one nuclear aircraft carrier, three amphibious assault ships, four air-defence-focused destroyers, six anti-submarine (ASW)/land attack mission-oriented destroyers, five general-purpose frigates, and six surveillance frigates. The Navy also operates some 15 patrol ships, supplemented by additional coast guard/Maritime Gendarmerie vessels. The surveillance frigates and a significant number of the patrol vessels are based in France's overseas territories.
The submarine force consists of five nuclear attack submarines and four nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
Integral to supporting the Force d'Action Navale at sea are the French Navy's 2 replenishment oilers, 16 mine countermeasure vessels and 8 support ships. In addition to the above units, the Navy operates five survey vessels, four experimentation ships, four ocean tugboats, 14 training vessels as well as numerous smaller vessels and tugs.
The main base for French naval forces in the Atlantic is located at Brest while the principal base in the Mediterranean is Toulon.[5][6]
Submarine fleet (Forces sous-marines)
Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
Class | Boat | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Note |
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Triomphant class | Triomphant | S616 | 1997 | 14,335 tonnes | Ballistic missile submarine | Four boats constituting the strategic component of France's nuclear deterrent, the Force de dissuasion. |
Téméraire | S617 | 1999 | ||||
Vigilant | S618 | 2004 | ||||
Terrible | S619 | 2010 |
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Téméraire (Triomphant class)
Nuclear attack submarines
Class | Boat | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Note |
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Suffren class | Suffren | S635[7] | 2020 | 5,300 tonnes | Nuclear attack submarine | S637 on sea trials as of mid-2024;[8] six planned in total |
Duguay-Trouin | S636 | 2023[9] | ||||
Tourville | S637 | Projected 2024/25 | ||||
Rubis class | Émeraude | S604 | 1988 | 2,660 tonnes | Being incrementally replaced by the Suffren class. | |
Améthyste | S605 | 1992 | ||||
Perle | S606 | 1993 |
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Perle (Rubis class)
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Suffren (Suffren class)
Surface fleet (Bâtiments de combat)
Aircraft carrier
Class | Ship | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Note |
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— | Charles de Gaulle | R91 | 2001 | 42,500 tonnes | Aircraft carrier | Only active nuclear-powered CATOBAR aircraft carrier outside of the United States Navy. |
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Charles de Gaulle
Amphibious warfare
Class | Ship | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Note |
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Mistral class | Mistral | L9013 | 2006 | 21,500 tonnes | Amphibious assault ship | |
Tonnerre | L9014 | |||||
Dixmude | L9015 | 2012 |
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Dixmude (Mistral class)
Major surface combatants
The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer". While officially classed as "frigates", the larger major surface combatants of the first rank are nevertheless registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx"; though, as of 2023, French Navy vessels are incrementally having hull numbers removed from display on all ships).[10][11]
Class | Ship | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Note |
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Horizon class | Forbin | D620 | 2008 | 7,050 tonnes | Air-defence destroyer | |
Chevalier Paul | D621 | 2009 | ||||
Aquitaine class | Aquitaine | D650 | 2012 | 6,040 tonnes | Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyer | |
Normandie | D651 | 2020 | ||||
Provence | D652 | 2015 | ||||
Languedoc | D653 | 2017 | ||||
Auvergne | D654 | 2018 | ||||
Bretagne | D655 | 2019 | ||||
Alsace | D656 | 2021 | Air defence/ASW destroyer | |||
Lorraine | D657 | 2023 | ||||
Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention | Amiral Ronarc'h | D660 | Projected 2024/25[12][13][14] | 4,500 tonnes | D660 fitting out as of mid-2023; five ships planned by 2032 | |
La Fayette class | La Fayette | F710 | 1996 | 3,900 tonnes | General-purpose frigate | |
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 |
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Forbin (Horizon class)
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Auvergne (Aquitaine class)
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Illustration: Defence and intervention frigate (FDI) class
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Surcouf (La Fayette class)
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Germinal (Floréal class)
Patrol
Class | Ship | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Note |
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— | L'Astrolabe | P800 | 2017 | 4,000 tonnes | Icebreaker/support vessel/offshore patrol | 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 | Based in Noumea |
Bougainville | A622 | Based in Papeete | ||||
Champlain | A623 | 2017 | Based in Réunion | |||
Dumont d'Urville | A624 | 2020 | Based in Fort-de-France[15] | |||
D'Estienne d'Orves class | Commandant Blaison | F793 | 1982 | 1,250 tonnes | Offshore patrol vessel | Originally entered service as avisos (sloops / light corvettes), reclassified as OPVs in 2012.[16] To be replaced from 2026 as part of the acquisition of a new class of patrol vessels (“Patrouilleurs Hauturiers” - PH).[17][18] |
Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacoubet | F794 | |||||
Commandant Ducuing | F795 | 1983 | ||||
Commandant Birot | F796 | 1984 | ||||
Commandant Bouan | F797 | |||||
Confiance class | La Confiance | P733 | 2017 | 700 tonnes | Based in Guiana | |
La Résolue | P734 | |||||
La Combattante | P735 | 2020 | Based in Fort-de-France | |||
Félix Éboué class | Auguste Bénébig | P779 | 2023[19][20] | 1,300 tonnes | Based in Noumea[21] | |
Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai | P780 | 2024[22][23] | Based in Papeete; 4 additional vessels to enter service in 2025 and 2026 |
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L'Astrolabe
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D'Entrecasteaux (D'Entrecasteaux class)
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Commandant Bouan (D'Estienne d'Orves class)
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La Résolue (La Confiance class)
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Illustration: Patrouilleur Outre-mer - POM (Félix Éboué class)
Coastguard
Class | Boat | No. | Comm | Displacement | Type | Note |
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— | Le Malin | P701 | 1997 | 1,300 tonnes | Coastal patrol vessel | An ex-trawler based in La Reunion. To be replaced by a Patrouilleur Outre-mer (POM)-class patrol vessel[24][25][26] |
Lapérouse class | Arago | P675 | 1988 | 980 tonnes | An ex-hydrographic survey vessel. As of mid-2024, to be based in Brest to fill gap in the Atlantic until arrival of "PH"-class OPVs in latter 2020s.[27][28] | |
— | Fulmar | P740 | 1991 | 550 tonnes | An ex-trawler based in Saint Pierre | |
Flamant class | Flamant | P676 | 1997 | 390 tonnes | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Current_French_Navy_ships