List of active French Navy ships

Naval ensign of France

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
Triomphant-classBallistic missile submarine (SSBN)Triomphant (S616)
Téméraire (S617)
Vigilant (S618)
Terrible (S619)		14,335 tonnes
Rubis-classAttack submarine (SSN)Rubis (S601)
Saphir (S602)
Casabianca (S603)
Émeraude (S604)
Améthyste (S605)
Perle (S606)		2,660 tonnesTo be replaced by Suffren-class starting 2019.[4]

Surface fleet (Bâtiments de combat)

Aircraft carriers

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Aircraft carrierCharles de Gaulle (R91)42,500 tonnes

Amphibious warfare

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Mistral-classLanding helicopter dock (LHD)Mistral (L9013)
Tonnerre (L9014)
Dixmude (L9015)		21,000 tonnes

Major surface combatants

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Horizon-classAir-defence destroyerForbin (D620)
Chevalier Paul (D621)		7,050 tonnes
Cassard-classAir-defence destroyerCassard (D 614)
Jean Bart (D615)		4,500 tonnesTo be replaced by two Aquitaine-class AAW variants.
Aquitaine-classAnti-submarine destroyerAquitaine (D650)
Provence (D652)
Languedoc (D653)
Auvergne (D654)
Bretagne (D655)		6,000 tonnesThree more to be built; one ASW and two AAW variants.
Georges Leygues-classAnti-submarine destroyerPrimauguet (D644)
La Motte Picquet (D645)
Latouche-Tréville (D646)		4,500 tonnesTo be replaced by Aquitaine-class ASW variants.
La Fayette-classGeneral-purpose frigateLa Fayette (F710)
Surcouf (F711)
Courbet (F712)
Aconit (F713)
Guépratte (F714)		3,600 tonnesTo be replaced by FTI; three to be upgraded with hull-mounted sonar[5]
Floréal-classSurveillance frigateFloréal (F730)
Prairial (F731)
Nivôse (F732)
Ventôse (F733)
Vendémiaire (F734)
Germinal (F735)		2,950 tonnes

Patrol

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Offshore patrol & support vesselL'Astrolabe (P800)4,000 tonnesCo-operated by the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) Administration and the French Navy.
D'Entrecasteaux-classOffshore patrol vesselD'Entrecasteaux (A621)
Bougainville (A622)
Champlain (A623)
Durmont D'Urville (A624)		 2,300 tonnes
D'Estienne d'Orves-classOffshore patrol vesselLieutenant 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 tonnesOriginally entered service as avisos (sloops / light corvettes), reclassified as OPVs in 2012.[6]
La Confiance-classOffshore patrol vesselLa Confiance (P733)
La Résolue (P734)
La Combattante (P735)		700 tonnes
L'Audacieuse-classCoastal patrol vesselLa Glorieuse (P686)
La Moqueuse (P688)		480 tonnesTo be decommissioned by 2020.[7]

Mine countermeasures

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Éridan-classMinehunterCassiopée (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-classClearance divingVulcain (M611)
Achéron (A613)
Styx (M614)
Pluton (M622)		490 tonnes
Antarès-classSonar towing vesselAntarès (M770)
Altaïr (M771)
Aldébaran (M772)		340 tonnes

Coastguard

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Coastal patrol vesselMalin (P701)1,300 tonnesAn ex-trawler.
Lapérouse-classCoastal patrol vesselArago (P675)980 tonnesAn ex hydrographic survey vessel.
Coastal patrol vesselFulmar (P740)550 tonnesAn ex-trawler.
Flamant-classPatrol boatFlamant (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
Durance-classReplenishment oilerVar (A608)
Marne (A630)
Somme (A631)		17,900 tonnesAlso equipped to fulfil the role of command ship.

Intelligence, research and experimentation

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Tracking shipMonge (A601)21,040 tonnes
SIGINTDupuy de Lôme (A759)3,600 tonnes
DGSE diving supportAlizé (A645)1,600 tonnesAlso used to test new equipment and diving procedures.
Mine-warfare experimentationThétis (A785)1,050 tonnes

Survey

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Oceanographic surveyPourquoi pas ?6,600 tonnesOperated by IFREMER (55%) and the French Navy (45%) with civilian crew.[8]
Oceanographic surveyBeautemps-Beaupré (A758)3,292 tonnes
Lapérouse-classHydrographic surveyLapérouse (A791)
Borda (A792)
Laplace (A 793)		980 tonnes

Tugboats

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
UT515-classOceangoing tugAbeille Bourbon
Abeille Liberté		4,000 tonnesOperated under charter.
UT507-classOceangoing tugAbeille Flandre
Abeille Languedoc		2,220 tonnesOperated under charter.

Support

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Support and pollution controlAilette
Argonaute
Jason
Sapeur		2-4,000 tonnesOperated under charter.
Loire-classOffshore Support and AssistanceLoire (A602)
Rhône (A603)
Seine (A604)
Garonne (A605)		2,665 tonnes

Training

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Training vesselRebel2,900 tonnesOperated under charter.[9]
Training vesselPartisan2,340 tonnesOperated under charter.
Léopard-classTraining vesselLéopard (A748)
Panthère (A749)
Jaguar (A750)
Lynx (A751)
Guépard (A752)
Chacal (A753)
Tigre (A754)
Lion (A755)		470 tonnes
Glycine-classNavigation trainingGlycine (A770)
Églantine (A771)		295 tonnes
Paimpolaise-classSail trainingÉtoile (A649)
Belle-Poule (A650)		275 tonnesSchooner.

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

  1. ↑ "Forces sous-marines" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Liste des bâtiments de combat de la Marine nationale par unité" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Liste des bâtiments de soutien par unité" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "La livraison du SNA Suffren reportée à 2019". Mer et Marine (in French). 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. ↑ "DCNS Wins French Navy La Fayette-class Frigate Upgrade Program". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  6. ↑ Between 2011 and 2017 heavy armaments have been removed.
  7. ↑ "Patrouilleurs de la Marine nationale - Sénat". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  8. ↑ Forces de surface - Les bâtiments hydrographiques et océanographiques, defense.gouv.fr, Retrieved 28 June 2014
  9. ↑ "Le nouveau navire plastron de la Marine nationale arrive à Toulon". Mer et Marine. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
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