In total there are 87 commissioned ships in the French Navy. This is a (non exhaustive) list of currently operating ships of the French Navy, four more ships are under construction (1 Mistral class landing platform dock, 2 FREMM multipurpose frigate, 1 Barracuda class submarine).
[edit] Aircraft carriers
[edit] Helicopter cruiser
Jeanne d'Arc Training cruiser.
[edit] Helicopter carrier (Projection and command vessels)
Mistral Projection and Command vessel.
- Mistral class - 2 ships and 1 more in 2011
[edit] Submarines
[edit] SNLE (SSBN)
[edit] SNA (SSN Nuclear attack submarines)
[edit] First rank frigates (destroyers)
The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer"; thus, some large ships of the first rank are designated "frigates", though they are registered and operate as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").
- Cassard class (type F70 AA) - 2 ships
Horizon class frigate Forbin. | | | |
[edit] Second rank frigates
La Fayette class stealth frigate.
[edit] Corvettes
D'Estienne d'Orves class aviso.
Lighter combat ships are called Avisos, roughly equivalent to Corvettes in other navies, however hull numbers follow frigate denomination (Fxxx).
- D'Estienne d'Orves class (type A 69) - 9 ships
- F789 Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Hénaff
- F790 Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée
- F791 Commandant L'Herminier
- F792 Premier-Maître L'Her
- F793 Commandant Blaison
- F794 Enseigne de vaisseau Jacoubet
- F795 Commandant Ducuing
- F796 Commandant Birot
- F797 Commandant Bouan
[edit] Amphibious Forces
- BATRAL (Champlain class) - 4 ships
- L9031 Francis Garnier
- L9032 Dumont D'Urville
- L9033 Jacques Cartier
- L9034 La Grandière
- Sabre class - 4 ships
- L9051 Sabre
- L9052 Dague
- L9061 Rapière
- L9062 Hallebarde
- Chalands de transport de matériel (CTM) - 16 ships
[edit] Mine Warfare Forces
Verseau,
Éridan class minesweeper.
- Eridan class Minesweeper- 12 ships
- M641 Eridan
- M642 Cassiopée
- M643 Andromède
- M644 Pégase
- M645 Orion
- M646 Croix du sud
- M647 Aigle
- M648 Lyre
- M650 Sagittaire
- M651 Verseau (ex M920 Iris)
- M652 Céphée (ex M919 Fushia)
- M653 Capricorne (ex M918 Dianthus)
- Vulcain class Mine clearance divers support tender - 4 ships
- M611 Vulcain
- A613 Achéron
- M614 Styx
- M622 Pluton
- Antarès class Mine route survey craft - 3 ships
- M770 Antarès
- M771 Altaïr
- M772 Aldébaran
[edit] Patrol ships
L'Audacieuse class patrol ship.
Flamant class patrol ship.
- Lapérouse class (converted) - 1 ship
- Fulmar class (converted) - 1 ship
- L'Audacieuse class (type P 400) - 9 ships
- P682 L'Audacieuse
- P683 La Boudeuse
- P684 La Capricieuse
- P686 La Glorieuse
- P687 La Gracieuse
- P688 La Moqueuse
- P689 La Railleuse
- P690 La Rieuse
- P691 La Tapageuse
- Flamant class - 3 ships
- P676 Flamant
- P677 Cormoran
- P678 Pluvier
- Grèbe class (type Espadon 50) - 1 ship
- Géranium class - 2 ships (operated by the Gendarmerie Maritime)
- P720 Géranium
- P722 Violette
- Jonquille class - 2 ships (operated by the Gendarmerie Maritime)
- P721 Jonquille
- P723 Jasmin
[edit] Fast Patrol Boats
Elorn class Fast Patrol Boat - Elorn class - 24 ships (operated by the Gendarmerie Maritime)
- P601 Elorn
- P602 Verdon
- P603 Adour
- P604 Scarpe
- P605 Vertonne
- P606 Dumbéa
- P607 Yser
- P608 Argens
- P609 Hérault
- P610 Gravona
- P611 Odet
- P623 Mahury
- P624 Organabo
- P612 Maury
- P613 Charente
- P614 Tech
- P615 Penfeld
- P616 Trieux
- P617 Vésubie
- P618 Escaut
- P619 Huveaune
- P620 Sèvre
- P621 Aber Wrac'h
- P622 Esteron
[edit] Support ships
- Durance class replenishment tanker - 4 ships
- Le Malin class combat swimmer support vessel - 1 ship
- Alizé class diving support vessel - 1 ship
[edit] Trial, experimentation and intelligence ships
- Monge class missile range tracking ship - 1 ship
- Denti ASW weapon support tender- 1 ship
- Dupuy de Lôme intelligence collection ship - 1 ship
- Thétis mine contermeasures experimental ship - 1 ship
- Langevin Acoustic Research vessel - 1 ship
- Aquitaine Explorer Submersible support ship - 1 ship
[edit] Hydrography and Oceanography
- Beautemps-Beaupré class oceanographic and hydrographic research ship - 1 ship
- Pourquoi pas ? class oceanographic research ship - 1 ship (shared with IFREMER)
- Lapérouse class hydrographic survey ship- 3 ships
- A791 Lapérouse
- A793 Laplace
- A792 Borda
[edit] High Sea Tugs
- Abeille Bourbon class Assistance and Salvage Tugs - 2 ships
- Abeille Flandre class Assistance and Salvage Tugs - 2 ships
- Argonaute class (UT710) Assistance and Salvage Tugs - 1 ship
- Jason class Assistance and Salvage Tugs - 1 ship
- Alcyon class (UT711) Assistance and Salvage Tugs - 2 ships
- Malabar class - 2 ships
- Rari class - 1 ships
[edit] School ships
- Etoile class sail training barkentines - 2 ships
- A649 Etoile
- A650 Belle Poule
- Mutin class sail training yawl
- La Grande Hermine class sail training ketch
- Léopard class navigational training craft - 8 ships
- A748 Léopard
- A749 Panthère
- A750 Jaguar
- A751 Lynx
- A752 Guépard
- A753 Chacal
- A754 Tigre
- A755 Lyon
- Glycine class navigational training craft - 2 ships
- A770 Glycine
- A771 Eglantine
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