- Current French Navy ships
This is a (non exhaustive) list of currently operating ships of the
French Navy .Aircraft carriers
* R91 "Charles de Gaulle"
Projection and command vessels
*"Mistral" class - 2 ships
**L9013 Mistral
**L9014 TonnerreHelicopter cruiser
* R97 "Jeanne d'Arc"
ubmarines
NLE (
SSBN )* SNLE ("Le Redoutable class") - 1 ships
**S615 "L'Inflexible"
* SNLE-NG ("Le Triomphant" class) - 3 ships
**S616 "Le Triomphant"
**S617 "Le Téméraire"
**S618 "Le Vigilant"SNA (SSN Nuclear attack submarines)
* "Rubis" class - 6 ships
**S601 "Rubis" (ex-"Provence")
**S602 "Saphir" (ex-"Bretagne")
**S603 "Casabianca" (ex-"Bourgogne")
**S604 "Émeraude"
**S605 "Améthyste"
**S606 "Perle"First rank frigates (destroyers)
The French Navy does not use the term "
destroyer "; thus, some large ships of the first rank (like "Horizon") are designated "frigate s", though they are registered and operate as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").*"Horizon class - 2 ships
** D620 Forbin (fitting out)
** D621 Chevalier Paul (fitting out)* "Cassard" class (type F70 AA) - 2 ships
** D614 "Cassard"
** D615 "Jean Bart"* "Georges Leygues" class (type F70 ASM) - 7 ships
** D640 "Georges Leygues"
** D641 "Dupleix"
** D642 "Montcalm"
** D643 "Jean de Vienne"
** D644 "Primauguet"
** D645 "La Motte Picquet"
** D646 "Latouche-Tréville"* "Tourville" class (type F 67) - 2 ships
** D610 "Tourville"
** D612 "De Grasse"Second rank frigates
* "La Fayette" class - 5 ships
**F710 "La Fayette"
**F711 "Surcouf"
**F712 "Courbet"
**F713 "Aconit"
**F714 "Guépratte
* "Floréal" class - 6 ships
**F730 "Floréal"
**F731 "Prairial"
**F732 "Nivôse"
**F733 "Ventôse"
**F734 "Vendémiaire"
**F735 "Germinal"Corvettes
Lighter combat ships are called
Aviso s, roughly equivalent toCorvette s in other navies, however hull numbers follow frigate denomination (Fxxx).*"D'Estienne d'Orves" class (type A 69) - 9 ships
**F788 "Second-Maître Le Bihan"
**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"Patrol ships
*P680 "Sterne" (only ship of her class)
*P681 "Albatros" (only ship of her class)
*"L'Audacieuse" class (type P 400) - 10 ships
**P682 "L'Audacieuse"
**P683 "La Boudeuse"
**P684 "La Capricieuse"
**P685 "La Fougueuse"
**P686 "La Glorieuse"
**P687 "La Gracieuse"
**P688 "La Moqueuse"
**P689 "La Railleuse"
**P690 "La Rieuse"
**P691 "La Tapageuse"*P675 "Arago" (type Lapérouse, converted)
*"Flamant" class - 3 ships
**P676 "Flamant"
**P677 "Cormoran"
**P678 "Pluvier"*A679 "Grebe" (type "Espadon 50"; only ship of her class)
*"Athos" class - 2 ships
**A712 "Athos"
**A713 "Aramis"Mine Warfare Forces
*A645 "Alizé" (only ship of her class)
*"Eridan" class - 13 ships
** M641 "Eridan"
** M642 "Cassiopée"
** M643 "Andromède"
** M644 "Pégase"
** M645 "Orion"
** M646 "Croix du sud "
** M647 "Aigle"
** M648 "Lyre"
** M649 "Persée"
** M650 "Sagittaire"
** M651 "Verseau" (ex M920 "Iris")
** M652 "Céphée" (ex M919 "Fushia")
** M653 "Capricorne" (ex M918 "Dianthus")*"Vulcain" class - 4 ships
** M611 "Vulcain"
** A613 "Achéron"
** M614 "Styx"
** M622 "Pluton"* Antarès class - 3 ships
** M770 "Antarès"
** M771 "Altaïr"
** M772 "Aldébaran"Landing Platform Dock (LPD)
*"Foudre" class - 2 ships
**L9011 "Foudre"
**L9012 "Siroco"
*L9077 "Bougainville"Light transport ships
*
BATRAL (type Champlain) - 4 ships
** L9031 "Francis Garnier"
** L9032 "Dumont D'Urville"
** L9033 "Jacques Cartier"
** L9034 "La Grandière"Landing crafts
*"Sabre" class - 4 ships
** L9051 "Sabre"
** L9052 "Dague"
** L9061 "Rapière"
** L9062 "Hallebarde"
*"Chalands de transport de matériel (CTM)" - 16 shipsHigh Sea Tugs
*"Abeille Flandre" class - 6 ships
*"Estérel" class - 2 ships
*"Malabar" class - 3 ships
*"Actif" class - 1 ship remaining in service as of 2004Trial, experimentation and intelligence ships
* A601 "Monge"
* A743 "Denti"
* A785 "Thétis"
* A759 "Dupuy de Lôme"Hydrography and Oceanography
*A758 "Beautemps-Beaupré"
*"Lapérouse" class - 3 ships
**A791 "Lapérouse"
**A793 "Laplace"
**A792 "Borda"upport ships
*A620 "Jules Verne" - mobile mechanics
*"Durance" class tankers - 4 ships
**A607 "Meuse"
**A608 "Var"
**A630 "Marne"
**A631 "Somme"
*A615 "Loire"
*A616 "Le Malin"chool ships
*"Belle Poule" (sail ship)
*Étoile" (sail ship)
*"Mutin" (sail ship)
*"La Grande Hermine" (sail ship)
* "Léopard" class - 8 ships
*"D'Entrecasteaux"
* "Glycine" class - 8 ships
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