List of active French Navy ships
This is a list of active French Navy ships.[1][2][3] The French Navy consists of the 86 vessel strong Force d'action navale (Naval action force) and the 10 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force). Primary assets include 1 Nuclear aircraft carrier, 3 amphibious assault ships, 4 air-defence destroyers, 8 anti-submarine destroyers, 5 general-purpose frigates, and 6 surveillance frigates. The submarine force consists of 6 Nuclear attack submarines and 4 Nuclear ballistic missile submarines. To support the Force d'Action Navale at sea, the French Navy uses 3 replenishment oilers, 17 mine countermeasure vessels and 6 support ships. In addition to the above units, it operates 21 patrol ships, 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 Horizon) are named "frigates", though they are registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").
Submarine fleet (Forces sous-marines)
Class | Picture | Type | Boat | Displacement | Note |
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Triomphant-class | Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) | Triomphant (S616) Téméraire (S617) Vigilant (S618) Terrible (S619) | 14,335 tonnes | ||
Rubis-class | Attack submarine (SSN) | Rubis (S601) Saphir (S602) Casabianca (S603) Émeraude (S604) Améthyste (S605) Perle (S606) | 2,660 tonnes | To be replaced by Suffren-class starting 2019.[4] | |
Surface fleet (Bâtiments de combat)
Aircraft carriers
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Aircraft carrier | Charles de Gaulle (R91) | 42,500 tonnes |
Amphibious warfare
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Mistral-class | Landing helicopter dock (LHD) | Mistral (L9013) Tonnerre (L9014) Dixmude (L9015) | 21,000 tonnes |
Major surface combatants
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Horizon-class | Air-defence destroyer | Forbin (D620) Chevalier Paul (D621) | 7,050 tonnes | ||
Cassard-class | Air-defence destroyer | Cassard (D 614) Jean Bart (D615) | 4,500 tonnes | To be replaced by two Aquitaine-class AAW variants. | |
Aquitaine-class | Anti-submarine destroyer | Aquitaine (D650) Provence (D652) Languedoc (D653) Auvergne (D654) Bretagne (D655) | 6,000 tonnes | Three more to be built; one ASW and two AAW variants. | |
Georges Leygues-class | Anti-submarine destroyer | Primauguet (D644) La Motte Picquet (D645) Latouche-Tréville (D646) | 4,500 tonnes | To be replaced by Aquitaine-class ASW variants. | |
La Fayette-class | General-purpose frigate | La Fayette (F710) Surcouf (F711) Courbet (F712) Aconit (F713) Guépratte (F714) | 3,600 tonnes | To be replaced by FTI; three to be upgraded with hull-mounted sonar[5] | |
Floréal-class | Surveillance frigate | Floréal (F730) Prairial (F731) Nivôse (F732) Ventôse (F733) Vendémiaire (F734) Germinal (F735) | 2,950 tonnes |
Patrol
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Offshore patrol & support vessel | L'Astrolabe (P800) | 4,000 tonnes | Co-operated by the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) Administration and the French Navy. | ||
D'Entrecasteaux-class | Offshore patrol vessel | D'Entrecasteaux (A621) Bougainville (A622) Champlain (A623) Durmont D'Urville (A624) |
2,300 tonnes | ||
D'Estienne d'Orves-class | Offshore patrol vessel | Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff (F789) Premier-Maître L'Her (F792) Commandant Blaison (F793) Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet (F794) Commandant Ducuing (F795) Commandant Birot (F796) Commandant Bouan (F797) | 1,250 tonnes | Originally entered service as avisos (sloops / light corvettes), reclassified as OPVs in 2012.[6] | |
La Confiance-class | Offshore patrol vessel | La Confiance (P733) La Résolue (P734) La Combattante (P735) | 700 tonnes | ||
L'Audacieuse-class | Coastal patrol vessel | La Glorieuse (P686) La Moqueuse (P688) | 480 tonnes | To be decommissioned by 2020.[7] |
Mine countermeasures
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Éridan-class | Minehunter | Cassiopée (M642) Andromède (M643) Pégase (M644) Orion (M645) Croix du sud (M646) L'Aigle (M647) Lyre (M648) Sagittaire (M650) Céphée (M652) Capricorne (M653) | 615 tonnes | ||
Vulcain-class | Clearance diving | Vulcain (M611) Achéron (A613) Styx (M614) Pluton (M622) | 490 tonnes | ||
Antarès-class | Sonar towing vessel | Antarès (M770) Altaïr (M771) Aldébaran (M772) | 340 tonnes | ||
Coastguard
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Coastal patrol vessel | Malin (P701) | 1,300 tonnes | An ex-trawler. | ||
Lapérouse-class | Coastal patrol vessel | Arago (P675) | 980 tonnes | An ex hydrographic survey vessel. | |
Coastal patrol vessel | Fulmar (P740) | 550 tonnes | An ex-trawler. | ||
Flamant-class | Patrol boat | Flamant (P676) Cormoran (P677) Pluvier (P678) | 390 tonnes |
These vessels operate in conjunction with the Maritime Gendarmerie.
Auxiliary fleet (Bâtiments de soutien)
Replenishment
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Durance-class | Replenishment oiler | Var (A608) Marne (A630) Somme (A631) | 17,900 tonnes | Also equipped to fulfil the role of command ship. |
Intelligence, research and experimentation
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Tracking ship | Monge (A601) | 21,040 tonnes | |||
SIGINT | Dupuy de Lôme (A759) | 3,600 tonnes | |||
DGSE diving support | Alizé (A645) | 1,600 tonnes | Also used to test new equipment and diving procedures. | ||
Mine-warfare experimentation | Thétis (A785) | 1,050 tonnes |
Survey
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Oceanographic survey | Pourquoi pas ? | 6,600 tonnes | Operated by IFREMER (55%) and the French Navy (45%) with civilian crew.[8] | ||
Oceanographic survey | Beautemps-Beaupré (A758) | 3,292 tonnes | |||
Lapérouse-class | Hydrographic survey | Lapérouse (A791) Borda (A792) Laplace (A 793) | 980 tonnes |
Tugboats
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UT515-class | Oceangoing tug | Abeille Bourbon Abeille Liberté | 4,000 tonnes | Operated under charter. | |
UT507-class | Oceangoing tug | Abeille Flandre Abeille Languedoc | 2,220 tonnes | Operated under charter. |
Support
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Support and pollution control | Ailette Argonaute Jason Sapeur | 2-4,000 tonnes | Operated under charter. | ||
Loire-class | Offshore Support and Assistance | Loire (A602) Rhône (A603) Seine (A604) Garonne (A605) | 2,665 tonnes |
Training
Class | Picture | Type | Ship | Displacement | Note |
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Training vessel | Rebel | 2,900 tonnes | Operated under charter.[9] | ||
Training vessel | Partisan | 2,340 tonnes | Operated under charter. | ||
Léopard-class | Training vessel | Léopard (A748) Panthère (A749) Jaguar (A750) Lynx (A751) Guépard (A752) Chacal (A753) Tigre (A754) Lion (A755) | 470 tonnes | ||
Glycine-class | Navigation training | Glycine (A770) Églantine (A771) | 295 tonnes | ||
Paimpolaise-class | Sail training | Étoile (A649) Belle-Poule (A650) | 275 tonnes | Schooner. |
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.
See also
References
- ↑ "Forces sous-marines" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "Liste des bâtiments de combat de la Marine nationale par unité" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "Liste des bâtiments de soutien par unité" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "La livraison du SNA Suffren reportée à 2019". Mer et Marine (in French). 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ↑ "DCNS Wins French Navy La Fayette-class Frigate Upgrade Program". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ↑ Between 2011 and 2017 heavy armaments have been removed.
- ↑ "Patrouilleurs de la Marine nationale - Sénat". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ↑ Forces de surface - Les bâtiments hydrographiques et océanographiques, defense.gouv.fr, Retrieved 28 June 2014
- ↑ "Le nouveau navire plastron de la Marine nationale arrive à Toulon". Mer et Marine. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
External links
- (in English) French Navy - Guide Book 2011
- (in English) French Navy - Facts & Figures 2011
- (in French) Marine Nationale - List of ships
- (in French) Marine Nationale - Blogs for individual ships
- (in French) Net Marine
- (in French) Alabordache