List of ships of the Free French Naval Forces

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This is a list of the ships of the Free French Naval Forces.

Ships that joined the allies in the aftermath of Operation Torch and later are not considered Free French but rather as a part of the French Liberation Army.

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Aircraft carriers

=''Bearn'' class=

Battleships

= [[Richelieu-class battleship|'''''Richelieu'' class''']] =

= [[Bretagne-class battleship|''Bretagne'' class]] =

  • {{Ship|French battleship|Lorraine||2}} (interned in Alexandria until December 1942) (obsolete)

= [[Courbet-class battleship|''Courbet'' class]] =

  • {{Ship|French battleship|Paris||2}} (obsolete)
  • {{Ship|French battleship|Courbet|1911|2}} (obsolete) - scuttled during the Battle of Normandy

Heavy Cruisers

= [[Duquesne-class cruiser|''Duquesne'' class]] =

= [[Suffren-class cruiser|''Suffren'' class]] =

Light Cruisers

= [[Duguay-Trouin-class cruiser|''Duguay-Trouin'' class]] =

= ''Jeanne d'Arc class'' =

= ''Émile Bertin'' class =

= [[La Galissonnière-class cruiser|''La Galissonnière'' class]] =

French-built destroyers

=[[Chacal-class destroyer|''Chacal'' class]]=

  • {{Ship|French destroyer|Léopard||2}} - lost 27 May 1943
  • {{Ship|French destroyer|Tigre||2}} (Seized from Italy October 1943)

= [[Fantasque-class destroyer|''Fantasque'' class]] =

= [[Bourrasque-class destroyer|''Bourrasque'' class]] =

  • {{Ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}} - lost 10 June 1944
  • {{Ship|French destroyer|Ouragan||2}} (Loaned to Poland until April 1941) (Decommissioned in 1943)
  • Simoun (After Operation Torch November 1942)
  • Tempête (After Operation Torch November 1942)
  • Trombe (Seized from Italy October 1943) - damaged beyond repair April 1945

= [[L'Adroit-class destroyer|''L'Adroit'' class]] =

Escorts leased by the British & Americans

=[[Hunt-class destroyer|Hunt class]]=

= [[Flower-class corvette|Flower class]] =

  • {{Ship|French corvette|Aconit||2}} (K58) (ex-HMS Aconite)
  • {{Ship|French corvette|Alysse|K100|2}} (K100) - lost 9 February 1942
  • Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves (K93) (ex-HMS Lotus)
  • Commandant Détroyat (K183) (ex-HMS Coriander)
  • Commandant Drogou (K195) (ex-HMS Chrysanthemum)
  • Lobélia (K05) (ex-HMS Lobelia)
  • Mimosa (K11) (ex-HMS Mimosa) - lost 9 June 1942
  • Renoncule (K117) (ex-HMS Ranunculus)
  • {{Ship|French corvette|Roselys||2}} (K57) (ex-HMS Sundew)

= [[Cannon-class destroyer escort|''Cannon'' class]] =

= [[River-class frigate|River class]] =

  • Aventure (K263) (ex-HMS Braid)
  • Croix de Lorraine (K258) (ex-HMS Strule)
  • Découverte (K370) (ex-HMS Windrush)
  • Escarmouche (K267) (ex-HMS Frome)
  • Surprise (K292) (ex-HMS Torridge)
  • Tonkinois (K260) (ex-HMS Moyola)

Submarines

= [[Requin-class submarine|''Requin'' class]]=

  • {{Ship|French submarine|Narval|1925|2}}

= [[Saphir-class submarine (1928)|''Saphir'' class]]=

  • {{Ship|French submarine|Rubis|1931|2}}

= [[Redoutable-class submarine (1928)|''Redoutable'' class]] =

  • {{Ship|French submarine|Archimède|Q142|2}}
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Argo|Q151|2}}
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Casabianca|1935|2}}
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Le Centaure|Q169|2}}
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Le Glorieux|Q168|2}}
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Protée|1930|2}}

= {{Ship|French submarine|Surcouf|N N 3|2}} =

= [[Minerve-class submarine|''Minerve'' class]]=

  • {{Ship|French submarine|Iris|Q188|2}}
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Junon|1935|2}}
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Minerve|1934|2}}

= [[British U-class submarine|British U class]] =

  • {{Ship|French submarine|Curie|P67|2}} - formerly HMS Vox (P67)

= [[British V-class submarine|British V class]] =

  • {{Ship|French submarine|Doris|P84|2}} - formerly HMS Vineyard (P84)
  • {{Ship|French submarine|Morse|P87|2}} - formerly HMS Vortex (P87)

Avisos

=[[Bougainville-class aviso|''Bougainville'' class]]=

  • {{ship|French aviso|Savorgnan de Brazza||2}}

Minesweepers

=[[Elan-class minesweeping sloop|''Elan'' class]]=

  • {{ship|French sloop|Elan||2}}
  • La Boudeuse
  • Commandant Bory
  • Commandant Delage
  • {{ship|French sloop|Commandant Dominé||2}}
  • Commandant Duboc
  • La Gracieuse
  • La Moqueuse

Patrol vessels

  • Poulmic - lost 7 November 1940{{cite web |url= http://www.promare.co.uk/ships/Wrecks/Wk_Poulmic.html |title=Poulmic |work=Shipwrecks and History In Plymouth Sound |year=2013 |accessdate=3 March 2013}}

Cargo ships

  • Cagou
  • Casamance
  • Djudjura
  • Félix Roussel
  • Fort Binger
  • Franche-Comté
  • Gallois
  • Gravelines
  • Île-de-Batz
  • Indochinois
  • Kilissi
  • PLM 22

{{Cite web|url=http://www.france-libre.net/marine-marchande-2/|title = La marine marchande de la France libre – Fondation de la France Libre}}

Sailing ships

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060712131820/http://perso.orange.fr/bertrand.daubigny/GueFNFL.htm LA FLOTTE DE GUERRE DES FNFL]