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List of French Navy ship names

French Navy
(Marine Nationale)
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("Honour, Homeland, Valour, Discipline")
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Submarine Forces
  • Strategic Oceanic Force (FOST)
  • Squadron of Nuclear Attack Submarines (ESNA)
Naval Aviation
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This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the French Navy. Names are traditionally re-used over the years, and have been carried by more than one ship.

List of ships

A

  • Achéron
  • Achille
  • Aconit
  • Admirable
  • Africain
  • Africaine
  • Aigle
  • Alexandre
  • Algérien
  • Algésiras
  • Amarante
  • Amazone
  • Ambitieux
  • America
  • Amiral Charner
  • Amphitrite
  • Andromaque
  • Annibal
  • Apollon
  • Aquilon
  • Aquitaine
  • Arabe
  • Aréthuse
  • Argonaute
  • Ariane
  • Armide
  • Arromanches
  • Artémis
  • Artémise
  • Astrée
  • Astrolabe
  • Atalante
  • Atlas
  • Audacieux
  • Auguste

B

C

  • Capricieuse
  • Casabianca
  • Cassard
  • Cassiopée
  • Chacal
  • Champlain
  • Colbert
  • Courbet

D

  • D'Entrecasteaux
  • D'Estienne d'Orves
  • De Grasse
  • Dumont d'Urville
  • Dupérré
  • Dupetit-Thouars
  • Dupleix
  • Dupuy de Lome
  • Duquesne
  • Durance

E

  • Églantine
  • Élan
  • Épée
  • Espadon
  • Estérel
  • Étoile

F

  • Forbin
  • Foudre
  • Fougueuse
  • Francis Garnier

G

  • Gapeau
  • Garonne
  • Gazelle
  • Georges Leygues
  • Glaive
  • Glorieuse
  • Gracieuse
  • Guépard
  • Guépratte

H

  • Hache
  • Hallebarde
  • Henri Poincaré

I

J

K

  • Kersaint

L

M

N

  • Normand

O

  • Orage
  • Orion
  • Ouragan

P

  • Panthère
  • Pégase
  • Persévérante
  • Pluton
  • Poseïdon
  • Primauguet

R

  • Rapière
  • Railleuse
  • Reddition
  • Redoutable
  • Richelieu
  • Rieuse

S

T

V

  • Var
  • Vauquelin
  • Victor Schoelcher
  • Vigilant
  • Vulcain

See also

Notes

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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