List of ships of the Free French Naval Forces

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Aircraft carriers

Bearn class

• Béarn

Battleships

Bretagne class

• Lorraine (obsolete)

Courbet class

• Paris (obsolete)
• Courbet (obsolete) - scuttled during the Battle of Normandy

French-built destroyers

Chacal class

• Léopard - lost 27 May 1943
• Tigre

Fantasque class

• Le Triomphant

Bourrasque class

• Mistral - lost 10 June 1944
• Ouragan

Escorts leased by the British & Americans

Hunt class

• La Combattante - lost 24 February 1945

Flower class

• Aconit (K58) (ex-HMS Aconite)
• Alysse (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)
• Roselys (K57) (ex-HMS Sundew)

Cannon class

• Algérien (ex-USS Cronin (DE-107), later Oise)
• Hova (ex-USS Hova (DE-110))
• Marocain (ex-USS Marocain (DE-109))
• Sénégalais (ex-USS Corbesier (DE-106))
• Somali (ex-USS Somali (DE-111))
• Tunisien (ex-USS Crosley (DE-108))

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

• Narval

Saphir class

• Rubis

Redoutable class

• Archimède
• Argo
• Casabianca
• Le Centaure
• Le Glorieux
• Protée

Minerve class

• Iris
• Junon
• Minerve

British U class

• Curie - formerly HMS Vox (P67)

British V class

• Doris - formerly HMS Vineyard (P84)
• Morse - formerly HMS Vortex (P87)

Avisos

Bougainville class

• Savorgnan de Brazza

Minesweepers

Elan class

• Elan
• La Boudeuse
• Commandant Bory
• Commandant Delage
• Commandant Dominé
• Commandant Duboc
• La Gracieuse
• La Moqueuse

Patrol vessels

• Poulmic - lost 7 November 1940

Cargo ships

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

Sailing ships

• Belle Poule
• Étoile

References

• LA FLOTTE DE GUERRE DES FNFL