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List of active French Navy ships

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This is a list of active French Navy ships.{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/sous-marins |title=Forces sous-marines |language=fr |publisher=defense.gouv.fr |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=19 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021054556/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/sous-marins |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/batiments-de-combat/liste-des-batiments-de-combat-de-la-marine-nationale-par-unite |title=Liste des bâtiments de combat de la Marine nationale par unité |language=fr |publisher=defense.gouv.fr |date=19 November 2014 |access-date=19 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104182729/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/batiments-de-combat/liste-des-batiments-de-combat-de-la-marine-nationale-par-unite |archive-date=4 November 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/batiments-de-soutien/liste-des-batiments-de-soutien-par-unite |title=Liste des bâtiments de soutien par unité |language=fr |publisher=defense.gouv.fr |date=21 October 2014 |access-date=19 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021054544/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements-moyens-materiel-militaire/batiments-de-soutien/liste-des-batiments-de-soutien-par-unite |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=live }} The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force){{cite web |url=http://www.netmarine.net/forces/fan/index.htm |title = Force d'action navale}} 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 19 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.

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 4 support/pollution response 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/toulonnavalbase/ |title=Toulon Naval Base |publisher=Naval Technology |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=17 October 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/arsenaldebrest/ |title=Arsenal de Brest |publisher=Naval Technology |date=24 March 2010 |access-date=17 October 2023}}

Submarine fleet (''Forces sous-marines'')

{{Main|Submarine forces (France)|List of submarines of France}}

=Nuclear ballistic missile submarines (4)=

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rowspan="4"| {{sclass|Triomphant|submarine|4}}

| Triomphant || S616 || 1997 || rowspan="4" | 14,335 tonnes || rowspan="4" | Ballistic missile submarine || rowspan="4" | Four boats constituting the strategic component of France's nuclear deterrent, the Force de dissuasion.

TéméraireS6171999
VigilantS6182004
TerribleS6192010

File:Temeraire1048.jpg|Téméraire (Triomphant class)

=Nuclear attack submarines (5)=

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rowspan="3"| Suffren class

| Suffren || S635{{cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/11/naval-group-rolls-out-2nd-barracuda-type-submarine/ |title=Naval Group Rolls Out 2nd Barracuda Type Submarine |last=Vavasseur |first=Xavier |publisher=Naval News |date=27 November 2021 |accessdate=23 April 2023}} || 2020 || rowspan="3" | 5,300 tonnes || rowspan="5" | Nuclear attack submarine || rowspan="3" | S637 working up to full operational status as of late-2024;{{cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/naval-group-livre-le-tourville-troisieme-des-six-nouveaux-sna-de-la-classe-suffren |language=French |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |title=Naval Group livre le Tourville, troisième des six nouveaux SNA de la classe Suffren |date=19 November 2024 |access-date=19 November 2024 |website=Mer et Marine }} six planned in total

Duguay-TrouinS6362023{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/08/french-navy-receives-2nd-barracuda-type-submarine/|title=French Navy Receives 2nd Barracuda Type Submarine|date=12 August 2023|website=navalnews.com}}
TourvilleS6372024
rowspan="2"| Rubis class

| Améthyste || S605 || 1992 || rowspan="2" | 2,660 tonnes || rowspan="2" | Being incrementally replaced by the Suffren class.

PerleS6061993

File:FS Perle 01.jpg|Perle (Rubis class)

File:Suffren at Cape Brun off Toulon on 26 July 2020.jpg|Suffren (Suffren class)

Surface fleet (''Bâtiments de combat'')

=Aircraft carrier (1)=

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| Charles de Gaulle || R91 || 2001 || 42,500 tonnes || Aircraft carrier || Only active nuclear-powered CATOBAR aircraft carrier outside of the United States Navy.

File:French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) underway on 24 April 2019 (190424-M-BP588-1005).jpg|Charles de Gaulle

=Amphibious warfare / helicopter carriers (3)=

{{See also|List of active French Navy landing craft}}

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rowspan="3"| Mistral class

| Mistral || L9013 || rowspan="2"| 2006 || rowspan="3" | 21,500 tonnes || rowspan="3" | Helicopter carrier-amphibious assault ship || rowspan="3" |

TonnerreL9014
DixmudeL90152012

File:French amphibious assault ship Dixmude (L9015) underway off Cadiz in May 2015.JPG|Dixmude (Mistral class)

=Major surface combatants (22)=

The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer". While officially classed as "frigates", the larger major surface combatants of the first rank are nevertheless registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx"; though, as of 2023, French Navy vessels are incrementally having hull numbers removed from display on all ships).{{cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/marine-nationale-l-anonymisation-n-ira-pas-jusqu-aux-bachis|title=Marine nationale : l'anonymisation n'ira pas jusqu'aux bâchis |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=17 March 2023|access-date=31 July 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/deux-fregates-du-type-fremm-anonymisees-l-une-a-cote-de-l-autre-trouvez-les-differences|title=Deux frégates du type FREMM anonymisées l'une à côté de l'autre, trouvez les différences ! |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=6 March 2023|access-date=31 July 2023}}

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rowspan="2"| Horizon class

| Forbin || D620 || 2008 || rowspan="2" | 7,050 tonnes || rowspan="2" | Air-defence destroyer ||rowspan="2" |

Chevalier PaulD6212009
rowspan="8"| Aquitaine class

| Aquitaine || D650 || 2012 || rowspan="8" | 6,040 tonnes || rowspan="6" | Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyer || rowspan="8" |

NormandieD6512020
ProvenceD6522015
LanguedocD6532017
AuvergneD6542018
BretagneD6552019
AlsaceD6562021rowspan="3" | Air defence/ASW destroyer
LorraineD6572023
Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention

| Amiral Ronarc'h || D660 || Projected 2025{{Cite web|url=https://lemarin.ouest-france.fr/defense/marine-nationale/entretien-dissuasion-la-fregate-la-fayette-fera-une-premiere-mission-en-atlantique-cet-ete-c9c638fe-3f8f-11ef-af6f-cc8c20a9107a |title=La frégate La Fayette fera une première mission en Atlantique cet été |language=fr |last=Tanguy |first=Jean-Marc |work=le Marin |date=11 July 2024 |access-date=20 July 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/en-presence-des-grecs-la-france-met-sur-cale-sa-premiere-fdi|title=En présence des Grecs, la France met sur cale sa première FDI |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |work=Mer et Marine |date=17 December 2021 |access-date=17 February 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2021/march/9901-france-accelerates-the-fdi-frigates-program.html |title=France accelerates the FDI frigates program |work=navyrecognition.com |access-date=28 April 2021}} || 4,500 tonnes || On sea trials as of late-2024; four additional ships planned by 2032

rowspan="5" | La Fayette class

| La Fayette || F710 || 1996 || rowspan="5" | 3,900 tonnes || rowspan="5" | General-purpose frigate || rowspan="5" |

SurcoufF711rowspan="2"| 1997
CourbetF712
AconitF7131999
GuépratteF7142001
rowspan="6" | Floréal class

| Floréal || F730 || 1992 || rowspan="6" | 2,950 tonnes || rowspan="6" | Surveillance frigate || rowspan="6" | Class has anti-ship missiles removed and functions in a second-rank "surveillance frigate" role for French overseas territories.

PrairialF731rowspan="2"| 1992
NivôseF732
VentôseF733rowspan="2"| 1993
VendémiaireF734
GerminalF7351994

File:French destroyer Forbin (D620) underway in the Arabian Sea on 31 May 2009 (090531-N-9988F-406).jpg|Forbin (Horizon class)

File:French frigate Auvergne (D654) underway in the Arabian Gulf on 19 September 2017 (170919-N-WM647-0667).JPG|Auvergne (Aquitaine class)

File:FDI-RAM.jpg|Illustration: Defence and intervention frigate (FDI) class

File:FS Surcouf.jpg|Surcouf (La Fayette class)

File:Germinal 1.jpg|Germinal (Floréal class)

=Offshore patrol vessels (19)=

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| 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.

rowspan="4"| D'Entrecasteaux class

| D'Entrecasteaux || A621 || rowspan="2"| 2016 || rowspan="4"| 2,300 tonnes || rowspan="8"| Offshore patrol/support/assistance vessel || Based in Noumea

BougainvilleA622Based in Papeete
ChamplainA6232017Based in Réunion
Dumont d'UrvilleA6242020Based in Fort-de-France{{cite web |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/04/french-navy-final-dentrecasteaux-class-bsaom-vessel-dumont-durville-enters-active-service/ |title=French Navy Final D'Entrecasteaux-Class BSAOM Vessel 'Dumont D'Urville' Enters Active Service |work=Naval News |last=Vavasseur |first=Xavier |date=20 April 2020 |access-date=14 March 2022}}
rowspan="4"| Loire class

| Loire || A602 || 2018 || rowspan="4"| 2,960 tonnes || rowspan="4"| Two based in the Atlantic & two in the Mediterranean; serve similar roles in metropolitan France as the D'Entrecasteaux-class does overseas{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/forces-surface/batiments-soutien-dassistance-metropolitain |title=Bâtiments de soutien et d'assistance métropolitain |work=Marine Nationale |access-date=9 October 2024}}

RhôneA603rowspan="2"| 2019
SeineA604
GaronneA6052020
rowspan="5"| D'Estienne d'Orves class

| Commandant Blaison || F793 || rowspan="2"| 1982 || rowspan="5"| 1,250 tonnes || rowspan="11"| Offshore patrol vessel|| rowspan="5"| Originally entered service as avisos (sloops / light corvettes), reclassified as OPVs in 2012.Between 2011 and 2017 heavy armaments have been removed. To be replaced from 2027 as part of the acquisition of a new class of patrol vessels (“Patrouilleurs Hauturiers” - PH).{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/la-marine-nationale-veut-ses-10-patrouilleurs-hauturiers-quitte-a-faire-glisser-ses-futures |title=La Marine nationale veut ses 10 patrouilleurs hauturiers, quitte à faire glisser ses futures corvettes|last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |website=Mer et Marine |date=11 December 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/la-marine-nationale-n-obtiendrait-que-7-nouveaux-patrouilleurs-hauturiers-au-lieu-des-10 |title=La Marine nationale n'obtiendrait que 7 nouveaux patrouilleurs hauturiers au lieu des 10 prévus|last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |website=Mer et Marine |date=13 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/06/french-navy-ageing-phms-and-psps-patrol-vessels-to-be-replaced-with-10-new-opvs/ |title=French Navy Ageing PHMs And PSPs Patrol Vessels To Be Replaced With 10 New OPVs |work=Naval News |last=Vavasseur |first=Xavier |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=14 March 2022}}

Enseigne de Vaisseau JacoubetF794
Commandant DucuingF7951983
Commandant BirotF796rowspan="2"| 1984
Commandant BouanF797
rowspan="3"| Confiance class

| La Confiance || P733 || rowspan="2"| 2017 || rowspan="3"| 700 tonnes || rowspan="2"| Based in Guiana

La RésolueP734
La CombattanteP7352020Based in Fort-de-France
rowspan="3" |Félix Éboué class

| Auguste Bénébig || P779 || 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.opex360.com/2023/07/26/premier-patrouilleur-outre-mer-lauguste-benebig-a-ete-admis-au-service-actif-par-la-marine-nationale/ |title=Premier patrouilleur outre-Mer, l'Auguste Bénébig a été admis au service actif par la Marine nationale |website=zone militaire |last=Lagneau |first=Laurent |language=fr |date=26 July 2023 |access-date=30 July 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/actualites/depart-lauguste-benebig-premier-six-pom-noumea | title=Départ de l'Auguste Bénébig, premier des six POM, pour Nouméa; Ministère des Armées | date=18 January 2023}} || rowspan="3"|1,300 tonnes || Based in Noumea{{cite web |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/nouvellecaledonie/en-images-l-arrivee-du-patrouilleur-auguste-benebig-a-noumea-1381538.html |title=EN IMAGES. L'arrivée du patrouilleur "Auguste-Bénébig" à Nouméa |website=nouvellecaledonie |language=fr |date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 April 2023}}

Teriieroo a TeriierooiteraiP7802024{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/la-marine-nationale-met-en-service-son-deuxieme-patrouilleur-d-outre-mer |title=La Marine nationale met en service son deuxième patrouilleur d'outre-mer |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |website=Mer et Marine |language=fr |date=19 July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/le-nouveau-patrouilleur-destine-a-la-polynesie-francaise-se-prepare-a-rejoindre-papeete |title=Le nouveau patrouilleur destiné à la Polynésie française se prépare à rejoindre Papeete |website=Mer et Marine |language=fr |date=11 March 2024 |access-date=11 March 2024}}Based in Papeete
Auguste TecherP781Projected 2025Sea trials as of late 2024; to be based in Réunion; 3 additional vessels to enter service 2025 to 2027{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/socarenam-le-patrouilleur-auguste-techer-debute-ses-essais-en-mer |title=Socarenam : le patrouilleur Auguste Techer débute ses essais en mer |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |language=fr |date=25 September 2024 |access-date=25 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.radio6.fr/article-72159-boulogne-le-4eme-patrouilleur-de-la-marine-nationale-est-sorti-des-chantiers-de-la-socarenam.html |title=Boulogne: le 4ème patrouilleur de la Marine Nationale est sorti des chantiers de la Socarenam |website=Radio 6 |last=Leclercq |first=Elise |date=6 March 2025 |access-date=31 March 2025}}

File:L'Astrolabe e Konk-Kerne 01.jpg|L'Astrolabe

File:B2m .jpg|D'Entrecasteaux (D'Entrecasteaux class)

File:Bâtiment de Surveillance et d'Assistance Hauturiers "Loire" 01.jpg|Loire (Loire class)

File:FrenchNavyShipInBizerte.jpg|Commandant Bouan (D'Estienne d'Orves class)

File:French offshore patrol vessel La Rèsolue (P734) moored in New Orleans on 19 April 2018 (180419-N-WW980-015).JPG|La Résolue (La Confiance class)

File:Patrouilleur Outre-Mer-Illustration 1.jpg|Illustration: Patrouilleur Outre-mer - POM (Félix Éboué class)

=Large Coastguard patrol boats (6)=

{{See also|Maritime Gendarmerie}}

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| Le Malin || P701 || 1997 || 1,300 tonnes || rowspan="3"| Coastal patrol vessel || An ex-trawler based in Réunion; transferring back to metropolitan France after replacement by third Patrouilleur Outre-mer (POM)-class patrol vessel in 2025{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/marine-nationale-le-patrouilleur-le-malin-va-terminer-sa-carriere-en-metropole |title=Marine nationale : le patrouilleur Le Malin va terminer sa carrière en métropole |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |language=fr |date=17 October 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024 |url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.senat.fr/questions/base/2014/qSEQ140812930.html|title=Patrouilleurs de la Marine nationale - Sénat|website=senat.fr|access-date=2018-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192354/http://www.senat.fr/questions/base/2014/qSEQ140812930.html|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/12/socarenam-shipyard-selected-to-deliver-6-french-navy-opvs-for-overseas-territories/|title = SOCARENAM Shipyard Selected to Deliver 6 French Navy OPVs for Overseas Territories|date = 3 December 2019}}

Lapérouse class

| Arago || P675 || 1988 || 980 tonnes || An ex-hydrographic survey vessel. As of late 2024, based in Brest to fill gap in the Atlantic until arrival of "PH"-class OPVs in latter 2020s.{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/prolonge-de-trois-ans-le-patrouilleur-arago-quitte-papeete-pour-etre-repositionne-a-brest |title=Prolongé de trois ans, le patrouilleur Arago quitte Papeete pour être repositionné à Brest |work=Mer et Marine |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |language=fr |date=9 September 2024 |access-date=12 September 2024 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/october/9144-extension-of-patrol-vessel-arago-s-operations-in-french-polynesia-until-2024.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021181037/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/october/9144-extension-of-patrol-vessel-arago-s-operations-in-french-polynesia-until-2024.html | archive-date=2020-10-21 | title=Extension of patrol vessel Arago's operations in French Polynesia until 2024 }}

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| Fulmar || P740 || 1991 || 550 tonnes || An ex-trawler based in Saint Pierre

rowspan="3"| Flamant class

| Flamant || P676 || rowspan="3"| 1997 || rowspan="3"| 390 tonnes || rowspan="3"| Patrol boat || rowspan="3"| Based in Cherbourg; to be replaced from 2027 as part of the acquisition of new class of "PH" patrol vessels.

CormoranP677
PluvierP678

File:French patrol ship Le Malin (P701) moored in Concarneau harbour.jpg|Le Malin

File:Arago mg 5434.jpg|Arago (Lapérouse class)

File:Le Fulmar à L'Isle-aux-Coudres (Québec) le 11 novembre 2020.jpg|Fulmar

File:French Navy Flamant Class P676 entering Dunkirk harbour (7961651562).jpg|Flamant (Flamant class)

=Mine countermeasures vessels=

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rowspan="9"| Éridan class

| Andromède || M643 || 1984 || rowspan="9"| 615 tonnes || rowspan="9"| Minehunter || rowspan="9"| Being replaced by Système de lutte anti-mines futur (SLAM-F) starting in 2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/france-launches-slamf-mine-warfare-program-but-many-questions-remain/|title=France Launches SLAMF Mine Warfare Program but Many Questions Remain |work=Naval News |last=Vavasseur |first=Xavier |date=6 November 2020}}

PégaseM6441985
OrionM645rowspan="2"| 1986
Croix du SudM646
AigleM647rowspan="4"| 1987
LyreM648
CéphéeM652
CapricorneM653
SagittaireM6501996
rowspan="4"| Vulcain class

| {{ship|French minesweeper|Vulcain||2}} || M611 || 1986 || rowspan="4"| 490 tonnes || rowspan="4"| Clearance diving || rowspan="4"| To be replaced by SLAM-F

PlutonM6221986
StyxM614rowspan="2"| 1987
AchéronA613
rowspan="3"| Antarès class

| Antarès || M770 || rowspan="2"| 1993 || rowspan="3"| 340 tonnes || rowspan="3"| Sonar towing vessel || rowspan="3"| To be replaced by SLAM-F

AltaïrM771
AldébaranM7721994
rowspan="3"| Ophrys class

| Ophrys || Y6040 || 2022 || rowspan="3"| 105 tonnes || rowspan="3"| Diving support vessel (VSP)|| rowspan="3"| Part of SLAM-F program, total of eight units planned up to 2026; Acacia & Iris on sea trials as of early 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/marine-nationale-cib-met-a-l-eau-a-brest-la-vedette-de-soutien-a-la-plongee-iris |title=Marine nationale : CIB met à l’eau à Brest la vedette de soutien à la plongée Iris |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=9 April 2025 |access-date=9 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/construction-navale/marine-nationale-une-nouvelle-vedette-de-support-de-plongee-en-essais |title=Marine nationale : une nouvelle vedette de support de plongée en essais |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=17 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/construction-navale/plongeurs-demineurs-merre-lance-la-construction-en-serie-des-vsp |title=Plongeurs-démineurs : Merré lance la construction en série des VSP |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=20 March 2023 |access-date=20 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/construction-navale/la-nouvelle-vedette-de-support-a-la-plongee-en-route-pour-la-base-navale-de |title=La nouvelle vedette de support à la plongée en route pour la base navale de Toulon |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=6 September 2022 |access-date=2 December 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://lefauteuildecolbert.blogspot.com/2022/05/marine-nationale-chantier-de-la-vsp-n1.html | title=Le Fauteuil de Colbert: Marine nationale : Chantier de la VSP n°1 « Ophrys » (2021 - 2022) | date=May 2022 }}

AcaciaY6041rowspan=2|Projected 2025
IrisY6042

File:Cassiopée.jpg|Former Cassiopée (Éridan class)

File:Achéron recadré.jpg|Achéron (Vulcain class)

File:BRS antares.jpg|Antarès (Antarès class)

Auxiliary fleet

=Replenishment ships=

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Class

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Ship

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|No.

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! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Type

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Note

rowspan="2"| Jacques Chevallier class

| Jacques Chevallier || A725 || 2024{{Cite web|first=Vincent |last=Groizeleau|date=28 November 2024|title=Le BRF Jacques Chevallier admis au service actif |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/le-brf-jacques-chevallier-admis-au-service-actif|work=Mer et Marine|language=fr|access-date=28 November 2024}} || rowspan="2"| 31,000 tonnes || rowspan="3"| Replenishment oiler || rowspan="2"| A726 delivered and on post-acceptance sea trials as of June 2025;{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/actualites/couleurs-se-levent-jacques-stosskopf |title=Les couleurs se lèvent sur le Jacques Stosskopf |work=French Navy |date=20 June 2025 |access-date=21 June 2025}} additional vessel planned for service entry in 2027; fourth projected after 2030{{cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/derniere-navigation-pour-le-bcr-marne-qui-passe-le-flambeau-au-brf-jacques-chevallier |title=Dernière navigation pour le BCR Marne, qui passe le flambeau au BRF Jacques Chevallier |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=13 April 2023|access-date=13 April 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/le-brf-jacques-chevallier-sera-livre-en-2023|title = Marine nationale : Le BRF Jacques Chevallier sera livré en 2023|date = 14 April 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/construction-begins-for-french-navys-next-gen-replenishment-tanker-chevallier-class-brf/|title = Construction Begins for French Navy's Next Gen Replenishment Tanker Chevallier-class 'BRF'|date = 18 May 2020}}

Jacques StosskopfA726Projected 2025
rowspan="1"| {{sclass|Durance|tanker|4}}

| Somme || A631 || 1990 || rowspan="1"| 17,900 tonnes || rowspan="1"| To be replaced in 2027 by third vessel of the Jacques Chevallier class

File:Somme mg 5849.jpg|Somme (Durance class)

File:Jacques Chevallier A725-IMG 1202.JPG|Jacques Chevallier (Jacques Chevallier class)

=Intelligence, research and experimentation vessels=

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Class

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Boat

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|No.

! style="text-align:center; width:4%;"|Comm

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Displacement

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Type

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|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

File:FS Monge.jpg|Monge

File:Dupuy-de-Lome-photo10.jpg|Dupuy de Lôme

File:Record SNSM 2015 - Thetis (4).jpg|Thétis (Lapérouse class)

=Survey vessels=

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style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Class

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Boat

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|No.

! style="text-align:center; width:4%;"|Comm

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Displacement

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Type

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Note

—

| Pourquoi Pas? || — || 2005 || 6,600 tonnes || rowspan="2"| Oceanographic survey || Operated by IFREMER (55%) and the French Navy (45%) with civilian crew.[http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/organisation/les-forces/force-d-action-navale/forces-de-surface/forces-de-surface#hydro Forces de surface - Les bâtiments hydrographiques et océanographiques] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803040437/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/organisation/les-forces/force-d-action-navale/forces-de-surface/forces-de-surface#hydro |date=2013-08-03 }}, defense.gouv.fr, Retrieved 28 June 2014

—

| Beautemps-Beaupré || A758 || 2003 || 3,600 tonnes ||

rowspan="3"| Lapérouse class

| Lapérouse || A791 || rowspan="2"| 1988 || rowspan="3"| 980 tonnes || rowspan="3"| Hydrographic survey || rowspan="3"| To be replaced from 2027 to 2029 by 2 new hydro-oceanographic vessels.{{cite web |url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/capacite-hydro-oceanographique-future-chof-ocea-se-positionne-avec-l-osv-315 |title=Capacité hydro-océanographique future (CHOF) : Ocea se positionne avec l'OSV 315 |work=Mer et Marine |language=fr |last=Groizeleau |first=Vincent |date=15 November 2024 |access-date=16 November 2024}}

BordaA792
LaplaceA7931989

File:Tonnerres de Brest 2012 - Pourquoi Pas - 001.jpg|Pourquoi pas?

File:2015 Madeira Samsung (49).jpg|Beautemps-Beaupré

File:FS LAPLACE A793.jpg|Laplace (Lapérouse class)

=Ocean tugboats=

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Class

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Boat

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|No.

! style="text-align:center; width:4%;"|Commissioned

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Displacement

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Type

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Note

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| UT515VB Abeille Bretagne (formerly Abeille Bourbon)-rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 2005rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 4,600 tonnesrowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | Oceangoing tugrowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | Operated under charter
{{shipAbeille Liberté}}-
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | VS-491 CD Abeille Normandie-rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 2010rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 3,978 tonnes
Abeille Méditerrannée-

File:Abeille Liberté.jpg|Abeille Liberté

File:Siem Garnet (32623659063).jpg|Abeille Normandie

=Port and coastal tugboats=

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; width:10%;" |Class

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;" |Ship

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;" |No.

! style="text-align:center; width:4%;" |Commissioned

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;" |Displacement

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;" |Type

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;" |Note

rowspan="17" | RPC12 class

| Fréhel || A675 || rowspan="2" | 1989 || rowspan="17" | 220 tonnes || rowspan="17" | Harbour tugboat || rowspan="17" |

SaireA676
ArmenA677

|1991

La HoussayeA678

| rowspan="2" |1992

KéréonA679
SiciéA680

|1994

TaunoaA681

|1996

LardierY638

|1995

GiensY639

| rowspan="2" |1994

MengamY640
BalaguierY641

| rowspan="2" |1995

TaillatY642
NividicY643

|1996

Port CrosY649

|1997

Le Four

|Y647

|1998

Eckmühl

|Y646

|—

Rascas

|A682

|2003

rowspan="4" | RP30/RPC30 class

| Céladon || Y6051 || rowspan="4" | 2022 & 2023 || rowspan="4" | 275 tonnes || rowspan="4" | Harbour tugboat || rowspan="4" | Originally to have been 20 vessels; program stopped at four units due to cost{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/piriou-a-cause-des-hausses-de-couts-la-serie-des-20-remorqueurs-de-la-marine-s-arrete-au-4eme |title=Piriou : à cause des hausses de coûts, la série des 20 remorqueurs de la marine s'arrête au 4ème |date=26 February 2024 |website=Mer er Marine|language=fr |access-date=2024-02-29 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/zinzolin-a-la-decouverte-de-la-nouvelle-generation-de-remorqueurs-de-la-marine-nationale |title=Zinzolin : à la découverte de la nouvelle génération de remorqueurs de la Marine nationale |date=26 May 2023 |last=Cogné |first=Gaël |website=Mer er Marine|language=fr |access-date=2023-05-27 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/piriou-wins-contract-to-deliver-20-harbor-tugs-to-the-french-navy/ |title=Piriou Wins Contract To Deliver 20 Harbor Tugs To The French Navy |date=22 May 2020 |website=Naval Technology |language=en|access-date=2023-03-10 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.asafrance.fr/item/dga-reception-du-celadon-premier-remorqueur-portuaire-30-tonnes.html |title=DGA : Réception du Céladon, premier remorqueur portuaire 30 tonnes |date=9 March 2023 |website=asafrance.fr |language=fr |access-date=2023-03-10 }}

Zinzolin

|A6652

Turquin

|Y6052

Azur

|Y6053

rowspan="3" | Maito class

| Maito || A636 || 1984 || rowspan="3" | 228 tonnes || rowspan="3" | Harbour tugboat || rowspan="3" | Maito based in Fort de France; Maroa and Manini in Pape'ete{{Cite web|url=http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/pdf/livredelaflotte2021.pdf |title=Livret de la flotte |date=2021 |website=ecole.nav |language=fr|access-date=2023-03-11 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.netmarine.net/bat/remorque/maito/index.htm |title=Remorqueur côtier Maito |date=2012 |website=netmarine |language=fr |access-date=2023-03-11 }}

Maroa

|A637

|1985

Manini

|A638

|1984

File:FS Le Four 1.jpg|Le Four (RPC 12 class)

=Support=

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Class

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Boat

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|No.

! style="text-align:center; width:4%;"|Comm

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Displacement

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Type

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Note

rowspan="4"| —

| Argonaute || — || rowspan="4" | — || rowspan="4"| ~4,000 tonnes || rowspan="4"| Support and pollution control || rowspan="4"| Operated under charter

Jason—
Pionnier—
Sapeur—

File:Jason2013.jpg|Jason

=Training=

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Class

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Boat

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|No.

! style="text-align:center; width:4%;"|Comm

! style="text-align:center; width:5%;"|Displacement

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Type

! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"|Note

UT712 class

| Rebel || — || — || 2,900 tonnes || rowspan="10"| Training ship || rowspan="2"| Operated under charter

UT745 class

| Partisan || — || — || 2,340 tonnes

rowspan="8"| Léopard class

| Léopard || A748 || rowspan="4"| 1982 || rowspan="8"| 470 tonnes || rowspan="8"|

PanthèreA749
JaguarA750
LynxA751
GuépardA752rowspan="4"| 1983
ChacalA753
TigreA754
LionA755
rowspan="2"| Glycine class

| Glycine || A770 || rowspan="2"| 1992 || rowspan="2"| 295 tonnes || rowspan="2"| Navigation training || rowspan="2"|

ÉglantineA771
rowspan="2"| Paimpolaise class

| Étoile || A649 || rowspan="2"| 1932 || rowspan="2"| 275 tonnes || rowspan="2"| Sail training || rowspan="2"| Schooner

Belle PouleA650

File:VN Partisan Konk-Kerne 2018.jpg|Partisan

File:VN Rebel 20160717 023.jpg|Rebel

File:Batiment Guepard.jpg|Guépard (Léopard class)

File:BIN Glycine A770.jpg|Glycine (Glycine class)

File:Belle Poule.jpg|Belle Poule (Paimpolaise class)

For a complete list of Bâtiments de soutien (Auxiliaries) see [https://www.defense.gouv.fr/recherche?search_api_fulltext=B%C3%A2timents+de+soutien Bâtiments de soutien] at the official Marine Nationale website.

Silhouettes

Silhouettes of major fleet units:

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"
style="text-align:center"

|rowspan=6 style="text-align:center"|File:Flugzeugträger Silhouette (version 3).png
Charles de Gaulle

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Mistral-class-LHD.svg
Mistral

|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Mistral-class-LHD.svg
Tonnerre

|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Mistral-class-LHD.svg
Dixmude

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Horizon-class-frigate.png
Forbin

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Horizon-class-frigate.png
Chevalier Paul

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"

|

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"|  133px
Amiral Ronarc'h

|

rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Aquitaine

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Normandie

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Provence

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Languedoc

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Auvergne

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Bretagne

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Alsace

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Aquitaine-class-frigate.svg
Lorraine

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-La-Fayette-class-frigate.svg
La Fayette

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-La-Fayette-class-frigate.svg
Surcouf

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-La-Fayette-class-frigate.svg
Courbet

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-La-Fayette-class-frigate.svg
Aconit

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-La-Fayette-class-frigate.svg
Guépratte

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Triomphant-SSBN.svg
Triomphant

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Triomphant-SSBN.svg
Téméraire

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Triomphant-SSBN.svg
Vigilant

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Triomphant-SSBN.svg
Terrible

class=class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:80%;"
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Barracuda-SSN.svg
Suffren

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Barracuda-SSN.svg
Duguay-Trouin

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Barracuda-SSN.svg
Tourville

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Rubis-SSN.svg
Améthyste

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|File:French-Navy-Rubis-SSN.svg
Perle

See also

References

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External links

  • {{in lang|en}} [http://fr.calameo.com/read/00033187617b5e26f6f56 French Navy - Guide Book 2011]
  • {{in lang|en}} [http://fr.calameo.com/read/00033187619f879f74b63 French Navy - Facts & Figures 2011]
  • {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/decouverte/equipements Marine Nationale - List of ships ]
  • {{in lang|fr}} [https://archive.today/20121218032948/http://jdb.marine.defense.gouv.fr/ Marine Nationale - Blogs for individual ships]
  • {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.netmarine.net/ Net Marine]
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