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*# (1987–present)
*# (1988–present)
*# (1992–present)
*# (1993–present, in repair)
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*# ''Suffren'' (Q284) (2020–present)
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*# (1997–present)
*# (1999–present)
*# (2004–present)
*# (2010–present)
** (Q35) – renamed ''Dauphin'' 13 February 1911 (1904–1914)
** (Q36)
** (Q37) – (1905–1909)
* ''Aigrette'' class (1904–1919)
** (Q38)
** (Q39)
* (Q40)
* 
''Émeraude'' class (1906–1919)
** (Q41)
** (Q42)
** (Q43)
** (Q44)
** (Q45)
** (Q46)
* 
(1907–1918)
** (Q47)
** (Q48)
*
** ''Guèpe 1'' (Q49)
** ''Guèpe 2'' (Q50)
*
** (Q51)
** (Q52)
** (Q53)
** (Q54)
** (Q55)
** (Q56)
** (Q57)
** (Q58)
** (Q59)
** (Q64)
** (Q65)
** (Q66)
** 
(Q67)
** (Q68)
** (Q69)
** (Q75)
** (Q76)
** (Q77)
* (Q73) (1909–1919)
* (Q89) (1911–1915)
* (Q74) (1911–1915)
* (1911–1930)
** (Q60)
** (Q62)
** (Q63)
** (Q70)
** (Q71)
** (Q72)
** (Q78)
** (Q79)
** (Q80)
** (Q81)
** (Q83)
** (Q84)
** (Q85)
** (Q86)
** (Q87)
** (Q88)
* (Q82) (1912–1919)
* (1913–1926)
** (Q90)
** (Q91)
* (1913–1937)
** (Q92)
** (Q93)
* (1914–1935)
** (Q94)
** (Q95)
** (Q96)
** (Q97)
** (Q98)
** (Q99)
** (Q100)
** (Q101)
* (1914–1935)
** (Q102)
** (Q103)
** (Q104)
* (1915–1935)
** (Q105)
** (Q106)
* Diane class (1915–1935)
** (Q107)
** (Q108)
* (1915–1935)
** (SD 2) ex-Japanese
** (SD 3) ex-Greek
** (SD 4) ex-Greek
* (1917–1935)
** (Q109)
** (Q110)
** Six more of this class (Q115-Q120) were in the 1915 Programme but were cancelled (never named)
* (1917–1937)
** (Q111)
** (Q112)
** (Q113)
** (Q114)
* UA class (Germany) (1918–1937)
** ''Jean-Autric'' (ex ''U-105'')
** ''LĂ©on Mignot'' (ex ''U-108'')
** ''Pierre Marast'' (ex ''U-162'')
** ''Jean Roulier'' (ex ''U-166'')
* UE class (Germany) (1918–1935)
** ''Victor Reveille'' (ex ''U-79'')
** ''René Audry'' (ex ''U-119'')
* German Type U 139 submarine (Germany) (1918–1935)
** ''Helbronn'' (ex ''U-139'')
*
* (1919–1935)
** '' O'Byrne''
**
**
* (1921–1936)
* (1921–1936)
* 600 Series (1925–1946)
** (1925–1942)
***
***
***
***
** (1925–1942)
*** (Q123)
*** (Q124)
*** (Q132)
*** (Q133)
** (1927–1942)
*** (Q125)
*** (Q126)
*** (Q134)
*** (Q135)
** (1932–1946)
***
***
*** (Q162)
*** (Q176)
*** (Q177)
** (1932–1943)
*** (Q165)
*** (Q166)
** (1932–1946)
*** (NN4)
***
*** (Q159)
*** (Q160)
*** (Q161)
*** (Q163)
*** (Q164)
*** (Q174)
*** (Q175)
* ''Requin'' class (1926–1946)
** (Q115)
** (Q116)
** 
(Q117)
** (Q118)
** (Q119)
** (Q120)
** (Q127)
** (Q128)
** (Q129)
* 
''Saphir'' class Minelaying submarines (1930–1949)
** (Q145)
** (Q146)
** (Q152)
** (Q158)
** (Q173)
** (Q184)
* 
''Redoutable'' class (1931–1952)
** Type M-5
*** (Q136)
*** (Q137)
** Type M-6
*** (Q138)
*** (Q139)
*** (Q140)
*** (Q141)
*** (Q142)
*** (Q143)
*** (Q144)
*** (Q147)
*** 
(Q148)
*** (Q149)
*** (Q150)
*** (Q151)
*** 
(Q153)
*** (Q154)
*** (Q155)
*** (Q156)
*** (Q157)
*** (Q167)
*** (Q168)
*** (Q169)
*** (Q170)
*** (Q171)
*** (Q172)
*** (Q178)
*** (Q179)
*** (Q180)
*** (Q181)
*** (Q182)
*** (Q183)
* (1934–1942)
* 
(1936–1954)
** (Q185)
** (Q186)
** (Q187)
** (Q188)
** (Q189)
** (Q190)
* 
(1943–1946)
**
**
**
* (1940–1960)
**
**
** – never completed
**
**
**
**
** ''Antigone'' (Q202) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Andromaque'' (Q203) – construction abandoned 1940
**
** ''Armide'' (Q207) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Hermione'' (Q211) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Gorgone'' (Q212) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Clorinde'' (Q213) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Cornélie'' (Q214) – construction abandoned 1940
* ''Roland Morillot'' class (cancelled 1940)
**
**
**
**
**
** unnamed (Q228)
** unnamed (Q229)
** unnamed (Q230)
* Minelaying submarines (authorised only, cancelled 1940)
** ''Émeraude'' (Q197)
** ''Agate'' (Q208)
** ''Corail'' (Q209)
** ''Escarboucle'' (Q210)
* (cancelled 1940)
** ''Vendémiaire'' (Q215)
** ''Brumaire'' (Q216)
** ''Frimaire'' (Q217)
** ''NivĂ´se'' (Q218)
** ''PluviĂ´se'' (Q219)
** ''VentĂ´se'' (Q220)
** ''Germinal'' (Q221)
** ''Floréal'' (Q222)
** ''Prairial'' (Q223)
** ''Messidor'' (Q224)
** ''Thermidor'' (Q225)
** ''Fructidor'' (Q226)
** ''Phénix'' (Q227)
* (1971–2008)
** (Q252) (1971–1991)
** (Q255) (1973–1996)
** (Q257) (1974–1998)
** (1976–2005)
** (1980–1999)
** (1985–2008)
* (1977–2001)
** (1977–1997)
** (1977–1998)
** (1978–2000)
** (1978–2001)
**
* (1984 – )
** (1984–2019)
** Rubis (S601) (1983-2022) (departed
''Les Sous-Marins de la Marine Nationale'' (Submarines of the French Navy)
* Henri Le Masson ''Du Nautilus (1800) au Redoutable'' (Presses de la Cité, Paris, 1969)
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The submarine
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s of France
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include nuclear
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attack submarine
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s and nuclear ballistic missile submarine
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s of various classes, operated by the French Navy
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as part of the French Submarine Forces.
Each French Navy
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vessel, including French submarines have for military awards and decorations their respective fanion
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insignia.
In service
Nuclear attack submarines
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*# ''Suffren'' (Q284) (2020–present)
Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
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*# (1997–present)
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*# (2004–present)
*# (2010–present)
Planned
Nuclear attack submarines
* *# (Launch 9 September 2022) *# (Laid down 2011) *# *# *#Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
* SNLE 3GRetired from service
Each French submarine from ''Gymnote'' onwards when ordered/constructed was given a sequential hull number (prefixed by the letter 'Q'). The sequence included submarines built in France for foreign navies, accounting for several gaps in the 'Q' numbering below.1863 to 1903
* (1863–1872) * (Q1) (1888–1908) * (Q2) (1893–1909) * (Q3) (1899–1909) * (Q4) (1900–1909) * ''Sirène'' class '' (1901–1919) ** (Q5) ** (Q6) ** (Q13) ** (Q14) * (1901–1913) ** (Q7) renamed ''Follet'' (1908–1913) ** (Q8) ** (Q9) ** (Q10) * (1901–1914) ** (Q11) ** (Q12) * (1903–1914) ** (Q15) ** (Q16) ** (Q17) ** (Q18) ** (Q19) ** (Q20) ** (Q21) ** (Q22) ** (Q23) ** (Q24) ** (Q25) ** (Q26) ** (Q27) ** (Q28) ** (Q29) ** (Q30) ** (Q31) ** (Q32) ** '' (Q33) ** (Q34)1904 to 1919
* Experimental types (varying designs)
** (Q35) – renamed ''Dauphin'' 13 February 1911 (1904–1914)
** (Q36)
** (Q37) – (1905–1909)
* ''Aigrette'' class (1904–1919)
** (Q38)
** (Q39)
* (Q40)
* ''Émeraude'' class (1906–1919)
** (Q41)
** (Q42)
** (Q43)
** (Q44)
** (Q45)
** (Q46)
* (1907–1918)
** (Q47)
** (Q48)
*
** ''Guèpe 1'' (Q49)
** ''Guèpe 2'' (Q50)
*
** (Q51)
** (Q52)
** (Q53)
** (Q54)
** (Q55)
** (Q56)
** (Q57)
** (Q58)
** (Q59)
** (Q64)
** (Q65)
** (Q66)
** (Q67)
** (Q68)
** (Q69)
** (Q75)
** (Q76)
** (Q77)
* (Q73) (1909–1919)
* (Q89) (1911–1915)
* (Q74) (1911–1915)
* (1911–1930)
** (Q60)
** (Q62)
** (Q63)
** (Q70)
** (Q71)
** (Q72)
** (Q78)
** (Q79)
** (Q80)
** (Q81)
** (Q83)
** (Q84)
** (Q85)
** (Q86)
** (Q87)
** (Q88)
* (Q82) (1912–1919)
* (1913–1926)
** (Q90)
** (Q91)
* (1913–1937)
** (Q92)
** (Q93)
* (1914–1935)
** (Q94)
** (Q95)
** (Q96)
** (Q97)
** (Q98)
** (Q99)
** (Q100)
** (Q101)
* (1914–1935)
** (Q102)
** (Q103)
** (Q104)
* (1915–1935)
** (Q105)
** (Q106)
* Diane class (1915–1935)
** (Q107)
** (Q108)
* (1915–1935)
** (SD 2) ex-Japanese
** (SD 3) ex-Greek
** (SD 4) ex-Greek
* (1917–1935)
** (Q109)
** (Q110)
** Six more of this class (Q115-Q120) were in the 1915 Programme but were cancelled (never named)
* (1917–1937)
** (Q111)
** (Q112)
** (Q113)
** (Q114)
* UA class (Germany) (1918–1937)
** ''Jean-Autric'' (ex ''U-105'')
** ''LĂ©on Mignot'' (ex ''U-108'')
** ''Pierre Marast'' (ex ''U-162'')
** ''Jean Roulier'' (ex ''U-166'')
* UE class (Germany) (1918–1935)
** ''Victor Reveille'' (ex ''U-79'')
** ''René Audry'' (ex ''U-119'')
* German Type U 139 submarine (Germany) (1918–1935)
** ''Helbronn'' (ex ''U-139'')
* German Type UB II submarine
The UB II type submarine was a class of U-boat built during World War I by the German Imperial Navy. They were enlarged from the preceding type UB I and were more effective vessels. The boats were a single hull design with a 50-metre maximum d ...
(Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
) (1916–1937)
** ''Roland Morillot'' (ex ''UB-23'')
** ''Trinité-Schillemans'' (ex ''UB-94'')
** ''Carissan'' (ex ''UB-99'')
** ''Jean Corre'' (ex ''UB-155'')
1919 to 1944
* (1919–1935)
** '' O'Byrne''
**
**
* (1921–1936)
* (1921–1936)
* 600 Series (1925–1946)
** (1925–1942)
***
***
***
***
** (1925–1942)
*** (Q123)
*** (Q124)
*** (Q132)
*** (Q133)
** (1927–1942)
*** (Q125)
*** (Q126)
*** (Q134)
*** (Q135)
** (1932–1946)
***
***
*** (Q162)
*** (Q176)
*** (Q177)
** (1932–1943)
*** (Q165)
*** (Q166)
** (1932–1946)
*** (NN4)
***
*** (Q159)
*** (Q160)
*** (Q161)
*** (Q163)
*** (Q164)
*** (Q174)
*** (Q175)
* ''Requin'' class (1926–1946)
** (Q115)
** (Q116)
** (Q117)
** (Q118)
** (Q119)
** (Q120)
** (Q127)
** (Q128)
** (Q129)
* ''Saphir'' class Minelaying submarines (1930–1949)
** (Q145)
** (Q146)
** (Q152)
** (Q158)
** (Q173)
** (Q184)
* ''Redoutable'' class (1931–1952)
** Type M-5
*** (Q136)
*** (Q137)
** Type M-6
*** (Q138)
*** (Q139)
*** (Q140)
*** (Q141)
*** (Q142)
*** (Q143)
*** (Q144)
*** (Q147)
*** (Q148)
*** (Q149)
*** (Q150)
*** (Q151)
*** (Q153)
*** (Q154)
*** (Q155)
*** (Q156)
*** (Q157)
*** (Q167)
*** (Q168)
*** (Q169)
*** (Q170)
*** (Q171)
*** (Q172)
*** (Q178)
*** (Q179)
*** (Q180)
*** (Q181)
*** (Q182)
*** (Q183)
* (1934–1942)
* (1936–1954)
** (Q185)
** (Q186)
** (Q187)
** (Q188)
** (Q189)
** (Q190)
* (1943–1946)
**
**
**
* (1940–1960)
**
**
** – never completed
**
**
**
**
** ''Antigone'' (Q202) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Andromaque'' (Q203) – construction abandoned 1940
**
** ''Armide'' (Q207) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Hermione'' (Q211) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Gorgone'' (Q212) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Clorinde'' (Q213) – construction abandoned 1940
** ''Cornélie'' (Q214) – construction abandoned 1940
* ''Roland Morillot'' class (cancelled 1940)
**
**
**
**
**
** unnamed (Q228)
** unnamed (Q229)
** unnamed (Q230)
* Minelaying submarines (authorised only, cancelled 1940)
** ''Émeraude'' (Q197)
** ''Agate'' (Q208)
** ''Corail'' (Q209)
** ''Escarboucle'' (Q210)
* (cancelled 1940)
** ''Vendémiaire'' (Q215)
** ''Brumaire'' (Q216)
** ''Frimaire'' (Q217)
** ''NivĂ´se'' (Q218)
** ''PluviĂ´se'' (Q219)
** ''VentĂ´se'' (Q220)
** ''Germinal'' (Q221)
** ''Floréal'' (Q222)
** ''Prairial'' (Q223)
** ''Messidor'' (Q224)
** ''Thermidor'' (Q225)
** ''Fructidor'' (Q226)
** ''Phénix'' (Q227)
1944 to 1971
*German Type VII submarine
Type VII U-boats were the most common type of German World War II U-boat. 703 boats were built by the end of the war. The lone surviving example, , is on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial located in Laboe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
...
(Germany) (1944–1963)
** ''Millé'' (ex )
** (ex ) (Germany) (1945–1959)
* German Type IX submarine (french: Unterseeboot type IX)
** ''Blaison'' (ex )
** ''Bouan'' (ex )
* Type XXI submarine (Germany) (1946–1967)
** (ex ''U-2518'')
* Type XXIII submarine
German Type XXIII submarines were the first so-called elektroboote ("electric boats") to become operational. They were small coastal submarines designed to operate in the shallow waters of the North Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea, where ...
(Germany) (1946)
**
* (United Kingdom) (1951–1959)
** ''Sibylle'' (ex – )
** ''Saphir'' (ex – )
** ''Sirène'' (ex – )
** ''Sultane'' (ex – )
* ''Narval'' class (1957–1992)
** (Q231)
** (Q232)
** (Q233)
** (Q234)
** (Q237)
** (Q238)
* (1958–1981)
** (Q235)
** (Q236)
** (Q239)
** (Q240)
* (1964–1996)
** (Q241)
** (Q242)
** (Q243)
** (Q245)
** (Q246)
** (Q247)
** Commanded by André Fauve (1935–1968) (Q248)
** (Q249)
** (Q250)
** (Q253)
** (Q254)
* (Q251) (1966–1986)
1971 to 2019
* (1971–2008)
** (Q252) (1971–1991)
** (Q255) (1973–1996)
** (Q257) (1974–1998)
** (1976–2005)
** (1980–1999)
** (1985–2008)
* (1977–2001)
** (1977–1997)
** (1977–1998)
** (1978–2000)
** (1978–2001)
**
* (1984 – )
** (1984–2019)
** Rubis (S601) (1983-2022) (departed Toulon
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in late October for the Cherbourg Naval Base
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Cherbourg had been a stronghold ...
for decommissioning)
See also
*List of active French Navy ships
This is a list of active French Navy 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 nuc ...
* List of Escorteurs of the French Navy
The ''escorteurs'' of the French Navy were light naval warships used for convoy protection during and after the Second World War.
The earliest escorteurs in the French Navy were purchased from the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. A ...
* List of battleships of France
Between 1889 and 1949, the French Navy built a series of pre-dreadnought, dreadnought, and fast battleships, ultimately totaling thirty-four vessels: twenty-three pre-dreadnoughts, seven dreadnoughts, and four fast battleships. Another seven—f ...
* List of aircraft carriers of France
* List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons
Many of the former and active Squadrons of the French Air and Space Force have direct lineage links to many of the "dissolved" squadrons. In addition, each Squadron has for military awards and decorations, and a Fanion (squadron standard).
The ...
Notes
References
''Les Sous-Marins de la Marine Nationale'' (Submarines of the French Navy)
* Henri Le Masson ''Du Nautilus (1800) au Redoutable'' (Presses de la Cité, Paris, 1969)
External links
* ttp://uboat.net/allies/warships/types.html?navy=FR&type=Submarine uboat.net – History, French & Allied Submarines in World War II {{French Navy ship types French Navy French naval components *
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Submarine
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