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 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 attack submarines and 4 ballistic missile submarines. To support the Force d'Action Navale at sea, the French Navy uses 3 replenishment oilers, 18 mine countermeasure vessels and 6 support ships. In addition to the above units, it operates 21 patrol ships, 5 survey vessels, 4 experimentation ships, 8 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 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 2018.

Surface fleet (Bâtiments de combat)

Aircraft carriers

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Fleet carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) 42,000 tonnes To be inactive in 2017-2018 due to overhaul.[4]

Amphibious warfare

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

Major surface combatants

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Horizon class Air-defence destroyer Forbin (D620)
Chevalier Paul (D621) 		7,050 tonnes
Aquitaine-class Anti-submarine destroyer Aquitaine (D650)
Provence (D652)
Languedoc (D653)
Auvergne (D 654) 		6,000 tonnes Four more to be built; two ASW and two AAW variants.
Cassard class Air-defence destroyer Cassard (D 614)
Jean Bart (D615) 		4,500 tonnes To be replaced by two Aquitaine-class AAW variants.
Georges Leygues class Anti-submarine destroyer Jean de Vienne (D643)
Primauguet (D644)
La Motte Picquet (D645)
Latouche-Tréville (D646) 		4,500 tonnes To be replaced by six Aquitaine-class ASW variants.
La Fayette class General-purpose frigate La Fayette (F710)
Surcouf (F711)
Courbet (F712)
Aconit (F713)
Guépratte (F714) 		3,600 tonnes
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
D'Entrecasteaux-class Offshore patrol vessel D'Entrecasteaux (A621)
Bougainville (A622)
Champlain (A623) 		2,300 tonnes One more to be built.[5]
Gowind class Offshore patrol vessel L'Adroit (P725) 1,450 tonnes On lease from DCNS until July 2017.[6]
D'Estienne d'Orves class Offshore patrol vessel Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff (F789)
Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée (F790)
Commandant L'Herminier (F791)
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 Reclassified as OPVs.[7]
La Confiance-class Offshore patrol vessel La Confiance (P733)
La Résolue (P734) 		700 tonnes
L'Audacieuse-class Coastal patrol vessel La Glorieuse (P686)
La Moqueuse (P688) 		480 tonnes

Mine countermeasuress

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Éridan class Minehunter Éridan (M641)
Cassiopée (M642)
Andromède (M643)
Pégase (M644)
Orion (M645)
Croix du sud (M646)
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
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
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
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
Sonar research vessel Langevin 1,600 tonnes Operated under charter.[8]

Survey

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Oceanographic survey Pourquoi pas ? 6,600 tonnes Operated by IFREMER (55%) and the French Navy (45%) with civilian crew.[9]
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.
RR2000-class Tug supply vessel Taapé (A633) 510 tonnes To be replaced by BSAH-class starting 2018.

Support

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Support and pollution control Ailette
Argonaute
Jason
Sapeur 		2-4,000 tonnes Operated under charter.
Chamois-class Support vessel Elan (A768)
 505 tonnes To be replaced by BSAH-class starting 2018.

Training

Class Picture Type Ship Displacement Note
Training vessel Rebel 2,900 tonnes Operated under charter.[10]
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

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. ↑ "DCNS et la marine préparent la modernisation du Charles de Gaulle", Mer et Marine, June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "France receives first B2M-class vessel | IHS Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  6. ↑ "La Marine nationale rempile pour un an avec L’Adroit". Mer et Marine. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  7. ↑ Originally entered service as avisos (sloops). Between 2011 and 2017 heavy armaments have been removed and the ships reclassified as OPVs.
  8. ↑ Compagnie Maritime Nantaise MN - Langevin, compagnie-maritime-nantaise.com
  9. ↑ Forces de surface - Les bâtiments hydrographiques et océanographiques, defense.gouv.fr, Retrieved 28 June 2014
  10. ↑ "Le nouveau navire plastron de la Marine nationale arrive à Toulon". Mer et Marine. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
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