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This is a list of active French Navy ships.^[1]^[2]^[3] The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force)^[4] and the 9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force). Primary assets include one nuclear aircraft carrier, three amphibious assault ships, four air-defence-focused destroyers, six anti-submarine (ASW)/land attack mission-oriented destroyers, five general-purpose frigates, and six surveillance frigates. The Navy also operates some 15 patrol ships, supplemented by additional coast guard/Maritime Gendarmerie vessels. The surveillance frigates and a significant number of the patrol vessels are based in France's overseas territories.

Naval ensign of France

The submarine force consists of five nuclear attack submarines and four nuclear ballistic missile submarines.

Integral to supporting the Force d'Action Navale at sea are the French Navy's 2 replenishment oilers, 16 mine countermeasure vessels and 8 support ships. In addition to the above units, the Navy operates five survey vessels, four experimentation ships, four ocean tugboats, 14 training vessels as well as numerous smaller vessels and tugs.

The main base for French naval forces in the Atlantic is located at Brest while the principal base in the Mediterranean is Toulon.^[5]^[6]

The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" in vessel names. Instead, surface combatants of the first rank (such as the Aquitaine class) are named "frigates", though they are registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").

Surface fleet (Bâtiments de combat)

Auxiliary fleet

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Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
Triomphant class	Triomphant	S616	1997	14,335 tonnes	Ballistic missile submarine	Four boats constituting the strategic component of France's nuclear deterrent, the Force de dissuasion.
	Téméraire	S617	1999
	Vigilant	S618	2004
	Terrible	S619	2010

Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
Suffren class	Suffren	S635^[7]	2020	5,300 tonnes	Nuclear attack submarine	Six planned in total
Suffren class	Duguay-Trouin	S636	2023^[8]	5,300 tonnes		Six planned in total
Rubis class	Émeraude	S604	1988	2,660 tonnes		Being incrementally replaced by the Suffren class.
	Améthyste	S605	1992
	Perle	S606	1993

Class	Ship	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type
Mistral class	Mistral	L9013	2006	21,500 tonnes	Amphibious assault ship
	Tonnerre	L9014	2006
	Dixmude	L9015	2012

Class	Ship	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
Horizon class	Forbin	D620	2008	7,050 tonnes	Air-defence destroyer
Horizon class	Chevalier Paul	D621	2009	7,050 tonnes	Air-defence destroyer
Aquitaine class	Aquitaine	D650	2012	6,040 tonnes	Anti-submarine warfare (ASW)/land-attack mission destroyer
	Normandie	D651	2020
	Provence	D652	2015
	Languedoc	D653	2017
	Auvergne	D654	2018
	Bretagne	D655	2019
	Alsace	D656	2021		Air defence/ASW destroyer
	Lorraine	D657	2023		Air defence/ASW destroyer
Amiral Ronarc'h class	Amiral Ronarc'h	D660	Projected 2024^[11]^[12]	4,500 tonnes	ASW destroyer	D660 fitting out as of mid-2023; five ships planned by 2035
La Fayette class	La Fayette	F710	1996	3,900 tonnes	General-purpose frigate
	Surcouf	F711	1997
	Courbet	F712	1997
	Aconit	F713	1999
	Guépratte	F714	2001
Floréal class	Floréal	F730	1992	2,950 tonnes	Surveillance frigate	Class has anti-ship missiles removed and functions in a second-rank "surveillance frigate" role for French overseas territories.
	Prairial	F731	1992
	Nivôse	F732	1992
	Ventôse	F733	1993
	Vendémiaire	F734	1993
	Germinal	F735	1994

Class	Ship	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
—	L'Astrolabe	P800	2017	4,000 tonnes	Icebreaker/support vessel/offshore patrol	Based in Réunion; co-operated by the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) Administration and the French Navy.
D'Entrecasteaux class	D'Entrecasteaux	A621	2016	2,300 tonnes	Offshore patrol/support vessel	Based in Noumea
	Bougainville	A622	2016			Based in Papeete
	Champlain	A623	2017			Based in Réunion
	Dumont d'Urville	A624	2020			Based in Fort-de-France^[13]
D'Estienne d'Orves class	Premier-Maître L'Her	F792	1981	1,250 tonnes	Offshore patrol vessel	Originally entered service as avisos (sloops / light corvettes), reclassified as OPVs in 2012.^[14] To be replaced from 2026 as part of the acquisition of a new class of patrol vessels (“Patrouilleurs Hauturiers” - PH).^[15]^[16]
	Commandant Blaison	F793	1982
	Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacoubet	F794	1982
	Commandant Ducuing	F795	1983
	Commandant Birot	F796	1984
	Commandant Bouan	F797	1984
Confiance class	La Confiance	P733	2017	700 tonnes		Based in Guiana
	La Résolue	P734	2017			Based in Guiana
	La Combattante	P735	2020			Based in Fort-de-France
Félix Éboué class	Auguste Bénébig	P779	2023^[17]^[18]	1,300 tonnes		Based in Noumea^[19]
Félix Éboué class	Teriieroo a Teriierooiterai	P780	Projected 2024^[20]	1,300 tonnes		To be based in Papeete; 4 additional vessels to enter service in 2024 and 2025

Current_French_Navy_ships

List of active French Navy ships

Submarine fleet (Forces sous-marines)

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

Nuclear attack submarines

Surface fleet (Bâtiments de combat)

Aircraft carrier

Amphibious warfare

Major surface combatants

Patrol

Coastguard

Mine countermeasures

Auxiliary fleet

Replenishment

Intelligence, research and experimentation

Survey

Ocean tugboats

Port and coastal tugboats

Support

Training

Silhouettes

See also

References

External links

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Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
—	Le Malin	P701	1997	1,300 tonnes	Coastal patrol vessel	An ex-trawler based in La Reunion. To be replaced by a Patrouilleur Outre-mer (POM)-class patrol vessel^[21]^[22]^[23]
Lapérouse class	Arago	P675	1988	980 tonnes		An ex-hydrographic survey vessel. Extension of role in French Polynesia until 2024 pending arrival of POM-class OPVs.^[24]
—	Fulmar	P740	1991	550 tonnes		An ex-trawler based in Saint Pierre
Flamant class	Flamant	P676	1997	390 tonnes	Patrol boat	To be replaced from 2026 as part of the acquisition of new class of "PH" patrol vessels.
	Cormoran	P677
	Pluvier	P678

Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
Éridan class	Andromède	M643	1984	615 tonnes	Minehunter	Being replaced by Système de lutte anti-mines futur (SLAM-F) starting in 2023^[25]
	Pégase	M644	1985
	Orion	M645	1986
	Croix du Sud	M646	1986
	Aigle	M647	1987
	Lyre	M648
	Céphée	M652
	Capricorne	M653
	Sagittaire	M650	1996
Vulcain class	Vulcain	M611	1986	490 tonnes	Clearance diving	To be replaced by SLAM-F
	Pluton	M622	1986
	Styx	M614	1987
	Achéron	A613	1987
Antarès class	Antarès	M770	1993	340 tonnes	Sonar towing vessel	To be replaced by SLAM-F
	Altaïr	M771	1993
	Aldébaran	M772	1994
Ophrys class	Ophrys	Y6040	2022	105 tonnes	Diving support vessel (VSP)	Part of SLAM-F program, total of eight units planned up to 2026.^[26]^[27]^[28]

Class	Ship	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
Jacques Chevallier class	Jacques Chevallier	A725	Projected 2024^[29]^[30]	31,000 tonnes	Replenishment oiler	Delivered to the Navy in July 2023; continuing post-acceptance sea trials;^[31] two additional ships planned to enter service by 2027; fourth projected after 2030^[32]^[33]^[34]
Durance class	Somme	A631	1990	17,900 tonnes		To be replaced in 2027 by third vessel of the Jacques Chevallier class

Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
—	Monge	A601	1992	21,040 tonnes	Tracking ship
—	Dupuy de Lôme	A759	2006	3,600 tonnes	SIGINT
—	Alizé	A645	2005	1,600 tonnes	DGSE diving support	Also used to test new equipment and diving procedures
Lapérouse class	Thétis	A785	1988	1,050 tonnes	Mine-warfare experimentation	To be replaced by SLAM-F

Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
—	Pourquoi Pas?	—	2005	6,600 tonnes	Oceanographic survey	Operated by IFREMER (55%) and the French Navy (45%) with civilian crew.^[35]
—	Beautemps-Beaupré	A758	2003	3,600 tonnes	Oceanographic survey
Lapérouse class	Lapérouse	A791	1988	980 tonnes	Hydrographic survey	To be replaced from 2025 to 2027 by 2 new hydro-oceanographic vessels.
	Borda	A792	1988
	Laplace	A793	1989

Class	Boat	No.	Commissioned	Displacement	Type	Note
UT515	Abeille Bourbon	-	2005	4,600 tonnes	Oceangoing tug	Operated under charter
UT515	Abeille Liberté	-	2005	4,600 tonnes
VS-491 CD	Abeille Normandie	-	2010	3,978 tonnes
VS-491 CD	Abeille Méditerrannée	-	2010	3,978 tonnes

Class	Ship	No.	Commissioned	Displacement	Type	Note
RPC12 class	Fréhel	A675	1989	220 tonnes	Harbour tugboat
	Saire	A676	1989
	Armen	A677	1991
	La Houssaye	A678	1992
	Kéréon	A679	1992
	Sicié	A680	1994
	Taunoa	A681	1996
	Lardier	Y638	1995
	Giens	Y639	1994
	Mengam	Y640	1994
	Balaguier	Y641	1995
	Taillat	Y642	1995
	Nividic	Y643	1996
	Port Cros	Y649	1997
	Le Four	Y647	1998
	Eckmühl	Y646	—
	Rascas	A682	2003
RPC30/RPC30 class	Céladon	Y6051	2023	275 tonnes	Harbour tugboat	Originally to have been 20 vessels; program stopped at four units due to cost^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]
	Zinzolin	A6652
	Turquin	TBD
	Azur	Y6053
Maito class	Maito	A636	1984	228 tonnes	Harbour tugboat	Maito based in Fort de France; Maroa and Manini in Pape'ete^[40]^[41]
	Maroa	A637	1985
	Manini	A638	1984

Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
—	Argonaute	—	—	~4,000 tonnes	Support and pollution control	Operated under charter
	Jason	—
	Pionnier	—
	Sapeur	—
Loire class	Loire	A602	2018	2,960 tonnes	Offshore support and assistance
	Rhône	A603	2019
	Seine	A604	2019
	Garonne	A605	2020

Class	Boat	No.	Comm	Displacement	Type	Note
UT712 class	Rebel	—	—	2,900 tonnes	Training ship	Operated under charter
UT745 class	Partisan	—	—	2,340 tonnes		Operated under charter
Léopard class	Léopard	A748	1982	470 tonnes
	Panthère	A749
	Jaguar	A750
	Lynx	A751
	Guépard	A752	1983
	Chacal	A753
	Tigre	A754
	Lion	A755
Glycine class	Glycine	A770	1992	295 tonnes	Navigation training
Glycine class	Églantine	A771	1992	295 tonnes	Navigation training
Paimpolaise class	Étoile	A649	1932	275 tonnes	Sail training	Schooner
Paimpolaise class	Belle Poule	A650	1932	275 tonnes	Sail training	Schooner