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French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

ships. The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the '' Force d'action navale'' (Naval action force) and the 9 submarines of the '' Forces sous-marines'' (Submarine force). Primary assets include 1 nuclear aircraft carrier, 3

amphibious assault ship An amphibious assault ship is a type of amphibious warfare ship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault. The design evolved from aircraft carriers converted for use as helicopter carriers (and, a ...

s, 4 air-defence-focused destroyers, 6 anti-submarine (ASW)/land attack mission-oriented destroyers, 5 general-purpose frigates, and 6 surveillance frigates. The submarine force consists of 5 nuclear attack submarines and 4 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 8 support ships. In addition to the above units, the Navy operates 15 patrol ships (supplemented by additional coast guard vessels), 5 survey vessels, 4 experimentation ships, 4 ocean tugboats and 14 training vessels. The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" in vessel names. Instead, surface combatants of the first rank (such as the ''Aquitaine'' class) are named "frigates", though they are registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx").

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

Ballistic missile submarines

File:Temeraire1048.jpg, ''Téméraire'' (''Triomphant'' class)

Nuclear attack submarines

File:FS Casabianca 03.jpg, ''Casabianca'' (''Rubis'' class) File:Suffren at Cape Brun off Toulon on 26 July 2020.jpg, ''Suffren'' (Barracuda class)

Surface fleet (''Bâtiments de combat'')

Aircraft carrier

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

Amphibious warfare

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

Major surface combatants

File:French destroyer Forbin (D620) underway in the Arabian Sea on 31 May 2009 (090531-N-9988F-406).jpg, ''Forbin'' (Horizon class) File:FREMM Aquitaine 1.jpg, ''Aquitaine'' (''Aquitaine'' class) File:FS Surcouf.jpg, ''Surcouf'' (''La Fayette'' class) File:Germinal 1.jpg, ''Germinal'' (''Floréal'' class)

Patrol

File:L'Astrolabe e Konk-Kerne 01.jpg, ''L'Astrolabe'' File:B2m .jpg, ''D'Entrecasteaux'' (''D'Entrecasteaux'' 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:Glorieuse-01.jpg, ''La Glorieuse'' (''L'Audacieuse'' class)

Mine countermeasures

File:Cassiopée.jpg, Former ''Cassiopée'' (''Éridan'' class) File:Achéron recadré.jpg, ''Achéron'' (''Vulcain'' class) File:BRS antares.jpg, ''Antarès'' (''Antarès'' class)

Coastguard

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)

Auxiliary fleet (''Bâtiments de soutien'')

Replenishment

File:Somme mg 5849.jpg, ''Somme'' (''Durance'' class)

Intelligence, research and experimentation

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

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)

Tugboats

File:Abeille Liberté.jpg, ''Abeille Liberté'' File:Siem Garnet (32623659063).jpg, ''Abeille Normandie''

Support

File:Jason2013.jpg, ''Jason'' File:Bâtiment de Surveillance et d'Assistance Hauturiers "Loire" 01.jpg, ''Loire'' (''Loire'' class)

Training

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)

Other

File:FS Le Four 1.jpg, alt= For a complete list of ''Bâtiments de soutien'' (Auxiliaries) se
Bâtiments de soutien
at the official Marine Nationale website.

Silhouettes

Silhouettes of major fleet units:

References

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