List of active French Navy ships

Naval ensign of France
Detail of Forbin, a modern frigate of the French Navy. The faceted appearance reduces radar cross-section for stealth.

This is a list of active French Navy ships currently in service. Complete and correct as of April 2016.[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 light surveillance frigates. The submarine force consists of 6 fleet submarines and 4 ballistic missile submarines. To support the Force d'Action Navale at sea, the French Navy uses 3 light 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").

Forces sous-marines (Submarines)

Main article: Forces sous-marines

All submarines of the French Navy are nuclear-powered submarines.

Class Picture Type Boats Displacement Note
Triomphant class Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) S616 Triomphant
S617 Téméraire
S618 Vigilant
S619 Terrible 		14,335 tonnes
Rubis class Fleet submarine (SSN) S601 Rubis
S602 Saphir
S603 Casabianca
S604 Émeraude
S605 Améthyste
S606 Perle 		2,660 tonnes To be replaced by Suffren class from 2017.

Bâtiments de combat (Warships)

Main article: Force d'action navale

Aircraft carriers

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

Amphibious warfare ships

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Mistral class Landing helicopter dock L9013 Mistral
L9014 Tonnerre
L9015 Dixmude 		21,000 tonnes
BATRAL-class landing ship Tank landing ship L9032 Dumont D'Urville 1,330 tonnes To be replaced by B2M Champlain from mid-2017.[5]

Note: In addition to the above vessels, the French Navy maintain a fleet of 20 landing craft that operate from and conjugation with the Mistral-class amphibious warfare ships.[6] See; List of active landing craft of the French Navy

Surface combatants

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Horizon class Air-defence destroyer D620 Forbin
D621 Chevalier Paul 		7,050 tonnes
Aquitaine class Anti-submarine destroyer D650 Aquitaine
D652 Provence [7]
D653 Languedoc [8]		 6,000 tonnes Five more to be built. Three anti-submarine variants, and two air-defence variants.
Cassard class Air-defence destroyer D614 Cassard
D615 Jean Bart 		4,500 tonnes Planned to be replaced by two Aquitaine class air-defence variants.
Georges Leygues class Anti-submarine destroyer D642 Montcalm
D643 Jean de Vienne
D644 Primauguet
D645 La Motte Picquet
D646 Latouche-Tréville 		4,500 tonnes Planned to be replaced by six Aquitaine class anti-submarine variants.
La Fayette class General purpose frigate F710 La Fayette
F711 Surcouf
F712 Courbet
F713 Aconit
F714 Guépratte 		3,600 tonnes Planned to be replaced by five Frégates de Taille Intermédiaire (FTI) from 2023 onward.
Floréal class Light surveillance frigate F730 Floréal
F731 Prairial
F732 Nivôse
F733 Ventôse
F734 Vendémiaire
F735 Germinal 		2,950 tonnes

Mine countermeasure vessels

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Éridan class Minehunter M641 Éridan
M642 Cassiopée
M643 Andromède
M644 Pégase
M645 Orion
M646 Croix du sud
M647 Aigle
M648 Lyre
M650 Sagittaire
M652 Céphée
M653 Capricorne		 615 tonnes
Vulcain class Support vessel M611 Vulcain
A613 Achéron
M614 Styx
M622 Pluton 		490 tonnes For use by clearance divers.
Antarès class Sonar towing vessel M770 Antarès
M771 Altaïr
M772 Aldébaran 		340 tonnes

Patrol vessels

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
D'Entrecasteaux class
Offshore patrol ship A621 D'Entrecasteaux

A622 Bougainville

 2,300 tonnes Two more to be built.[9]
Gowind class Offshore patrol ship P725 Adroit 1,450 tonnes On lease to the French Navy until July 2017.[10]
Offshore patrol ship P701 Malin 1,300 tonnes An ex-trawler.
D'Estienne d'Orves class Offshore patrol ship 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 		1,250 tonnes Entered service as avisos (light corvettes).
Lapérouse class Patrol boat P675 Arago 980 tonnes An ex hydrographic survey vessel.
La Confiance class Patrol boat P733 La Confiance 700 tonnes
Patrol boat P740 Fulmar 550 tonnes An ex-trawler.
L'Audacieuse class Patrol boat P684 La Capricieuse
P686 La Glorieuse
P687 La Gracieuse
P688 La Moqueuse 		480 tonnes La Capricieuse and La Gracieuse based in French Guiana will be replaced by two new light patrol vessels in 2016-2017.[11]
Flamant class Patrol boat P676 Flamant
P677 Cormoran
P678 Pluvier 		390 tonnes

Note: In addition to the above vessels, the Maritime Gendarmerie (coast guard of France) operate a number of patrol vessels. They fall under the command structure of the French Navy.

Bâtiments de soutien (Auxiliaries)

Command and Replenishment ships

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Durance class Replenishment oiler (light) A608 Var
A630 Marne
A631 Somme 		17,900 tonnes

Experimentation ships

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Satellite and missile tracking A601 Monge 21,040 tonnes
Electromagnetic research A759 Dupuy de Lôme 3,600 tonnes On operations she serves in the role of signals intelligence.
Diving support A645 Alizé 1,600 tonnes In support of DGSE combat divers. Also used as an experimentation ship to test new equipment and diving procedures.
Mine-warfare experimentation A785 Thétis 1,050 tonnes
Sonar research vessel [12] Langevin 1,600 tonnes Chartered

Survey vessels

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Oceanographic survey Pourquoi pas ? 6,600 tonnes Shared between IFREMER (55%) and the French navy (45%), manned by a civilian crew.[13]
Oceanographic survey A758 Beautemps-Beaupré 3,292 tonnes
Lapérouse class Hydrographic survey A791 Lapérouse
A792 Borda
A793 Laplace 		980 tonnes

Ocean tugboats

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
UT515 class Oceangoing tug Abeille Bourbon
Abeille Liberté 		4,000 tonnes Chartered
UT507 class Oceangoing tug Abeille Flandre
Abeille Languedoc 		2,220 tonnes Chartered
Malabar class Oceangoing tug A664 Malabar
A669 Tenace 		1,440 tonnes Malabar will be decommissioned in 2017.[14] To be replaced by new oceangoing support and assistance ships (BSAH-class) from 2018.[15]
RR2000 class Tug supply vessel A633 Taapé 510 tonnes To be replaced by BSAH-class from 2018.

Support vessels

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Support, assistance and depollution vessel Ailette
Argonaute
Jason
Sapeur 		2000-4000 tonnes Chartered
Chamois class Support vessel A768 Elan
A775 Gazelle 		505 tonnes To be replaced by BSAH-class from 2018.

Training vessels

Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note
Naval military training vessel Rebel [16] 2,900 tonnes Chartered
Naval military training vessel Partisan 2,340 tonnes Chartered
Léopard class Training vessel A748 Léopard
A749 Panthère
A750 Jaguar
A751 Lynx
A752 Guépard
A753 Chacal
A754 Tigre
A755 Lion 		470 tonnes
Glycine class Training vessel A770 Glycine
A771 Églantine 		295 tonnes Navigational training
Paimpolaise class Sail training vessel A649 Étoile
A650 Belle-Poule 		275 tonnes Schooner

Other support ships

For a complete list of Bâtiments de soutien (Auxiliaries) see Bâtiments de soutien at the official Marine Nationale website.

See also

Notes

  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. ↑ "Le Dumont d'Urville déployé pour une mission de reconnaissance dans les petites Antilles". Marine nationale. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  6. ↑ "Key defence figures 2013" (PDF) (in French). Defense.gouv.fr.
  7. ↑ "DCNS delivers FREMM frigate Provence to French Navy", DCNS, June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ "French Navy takes possession of FREMM frigate Languedoc"Le Monde, March 16, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ "France receives first B2M-class vessel | IHS Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  10. ↑ "La Marine nationale rempile pour un an avec L'Adroit". Mer et Marine. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  11. ↑ Lert, Frédéric (January 8, 2015). "France orders two Caribbean patrol vessels". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Compagnie Maritime Nantaise MN
  13. ↑ Forces de surface - Les bâtiments hydrographiques et océanographiques , defense.gouv.fr, Retrieved 28 June 2014
  14. ↑ "Retrait du service actif du remorqueur de haute-mer Malabar", Marine nationale, Novembre 18, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  15. ↑ "La commande des BSAH notifiée à Piriou et DCNS", "Mer et Marine", September 4, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Le nouveau navire plastron de la Marine nationale arrive à Toulon". Mer et Marine. Retrieved 2016-01-13.

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