List of destroyers of France
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The following is a list of destroyers of France. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. The Fantasque was the fastest destroyer class ever built.
World War I
- Durandal class (1899) — 4 ships
- Framée class (1899) — 4 ships
- Rochefortais or Pertuisane class (1900) — 4 ships
- Arquebuse class (1902) — 20 ships
- Claymore class (1905) — 13 ships
- Branlebas class (1907) — 10 ships
- Spahi class (1908) — 7 ships
- Voltigeur class (1908) — 2 ships
- Chasseur class (1909) — 4 ships
- Chasseur
- Actée — sold to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez before completion
- Cavalier
- Fantassin
- Janissaire
- Bouclier class (1911) — 12 ships
- Bisson class (1912) — 6 ships
- Aventurier class (1914) — 4 ships
- Enseigne Roux class (1915) — 3 ships
- Enseigne Roux
- Mécanicien Principal Lestin
- Enseigne Gabolde — completed to a modified design
- M89 class (1915) — 2 ships, Cancelled
- M89
- M90
- Arabe class (1917) — 12 ships
Between the World Wars
- Lion class — 2 ships, Cancelled
- Lion
- Guépard
World War II
- Chacal class — 6 ships
- Guépard class — 6 ships
- Aigle class — 6 ships
- Vauquelin class — 6 ships
- Fantasque class — 6 ships
- Mogador class — 2 ships
- Bourrasque class — 12 ships
- Adroit class — 14 ships
- Hardi class — 8 ships
Post-war
- T 47 class — all 12 units retired in the 1980s.
- Surcouf
- Kersaint
- Cassard
- Bouvet
- Dupetit-Thouars
- Chevalier Paul
- Maillé-Brézé
- Vauquelin
- D'Estrées
- Du Chayla
- Casabianca
- Guépratte
- T 53 class — all 6 units retired in the 1970s & 1980s.
- Duperré
- La Bourdonnais
- Forbin
- Tartu
- Jauréguiberry
- La Galissonnière
- Suffren class — 2 ships, 1 decommissioned in 2008, the other out of service 2008.
- Aconit class — 1 ship, decommissioned in 1996.
- Tourville class (F67 type) — 3 ships, last decommissioned in May 2013.
- Horizon class — 2 ships in service.
- Aquitaine class — 4 ships in service.
- Aquitaine
- Provence
- Languedoc
- Auvergne
See also
- Escorteur
- List of escorteurs of the French Navy
- List of torpedo boats of France
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