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List Of Current 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 List of submarines of France, submarines of the ''Submarine forces (France), Forces sous-marines'' (Submarine force). Primary assets include one aircraft carrier, nuclear aircraft carrier, three amphibious assault ships, four air-defence-focused destroyers, six anti-submarine (ASW)/land attack mission-oriented destroyers, five general-purpose frigates, and six surveillance frigates. The Navy also operates some 19 patrol ships, supplemented by additional coast guard/Maritime Gendarmerie vessels. The surveillance frigates and a significant number of the patrol vessels are based in Overseas France, France's overseas territories. The List of submarines of France, submarine force consists of five SSN (hull classification symbol), nuclear attack submarines and four ballistic missile submarines, nuclear ballistic missile submarines. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil And Naval Ensign Of France
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Ballistic Missile Submarine
A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with nuclear warheads. These submarines became a major weapon system in the Cold War because of their nuclear deterrence capability. They can fire missiles thousands of kilometers from their targets, and acoustic quieting makes them difficult to detect (see acoustic signature), thus making them a survivable deterrent in the event of a first strike and a key element of the mutual assured destruction policy of nuclear deterrence. The deployment of ballistic missile submarines is dominated by the United States, Russia (following the collapse of the Soviet Union) and China. In fact, 70% of nuclear warheads in the USA are carried by ballistic missile submarines.Rafal, A. S. (2021). THE FUTURE OF SUBMARINE WARFARE: NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES ARE THE BEDROCK OF NAVAL WARFARE, OR MAYBE NOT. MS Thesis. Joint Forces Staff College-NDU, Joint Advanced Warfighting School]. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and hangar facilities for supporting, arming, deploying and recovering carrier-based aircraft, shipborne aircraft. Typically it is the capital ship of a naval fleet, fleet (known as a carrier battle group), as it allows a naval force to power projection, project seaborne naval aviation, air power far from homeland without depending on local airfields for staging area, staging aerial warfare, aircraft operations. Since their inception in the early 20th century, aircraft carriers have evolved from wooden vessels used to deploy individual tethered reconnaissance balloons, to nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered supercarriers that carry dozens of fighter aircraft, fighters, strike aircraft, military helicopters, airborne early warning and control, AEW&Cs and other types of aircraft such as unmanned combat aerial vehicle, UCAVs. While heavier fixed-wing aircraft such as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Aircraft Carrier Charles De Gaulle
''Charles de Gaulle'' is the flagship of the French Navy. The ship, commissioned in 2001, is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the United States Navy. She is named after French president and general Charles de Gaulle. The ship carries a complement of Dassault Rafale M and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, AS365F Dauphin Pedro, EC725 Caracal and AS532 Cougar helicopters for combat search and rescue, as well as modern electronics and Aster missiles. She is a CATOBAR-type carrier that uses two C13‑3 steam catapults of a shorter version of the catapult system installed on the US aircraft carriers, one at the bow and one at the waist. As of July 2021, ''Charles de Gaulle'' was the only non-American carrier-vessel that had a catapult launch system, which has allowed for operation of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and C-2 Greyhounds of the United States Navy. Development Constru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Perle (S606)
''Perle'' is a first-generation nuclear attack submarine of the French Navy. The boat is the sixth and last of the ''Rubis'' series. Construction began on the submarine on 27 March 1987. The boat was launched on 22 September 1990 and entered active duty service on 7 July 1993. History The boat was deployed in the Royal Navy Auriga 2010 exercise alongside seven Royal Navy warships and one United States Navy destroyer. 2020 fire On 12 June 2020 at 10:35 a.m., a fire started at bow of ''Perle'', while in drydock for maintenance and repair at the military port of Toulon. The fire was reported as under control at 9:36 PM. Firefighters flooded the rear compartments of the submarine with foam. At least 30 specialist naval fighters and a fireboat were involved. There were no reported injuries in the fire. Since the submarine's 48 megawatt pressurized water nuclear reactor had been removed when it entered the drydock in January 2020, there was no risk of radioactive contaminati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Améthyste (S605)
''Améthyste'' is a nuclear-powered attack List of submarines of France, submarine of the French Navy, the fifth of the Rubis-class submarine, ''Rubis'' type. The boat's name is a pun on a precious stone (Amethyst) and the acronym ''AMElioration Tactique, HydrodYnamique, Silence, Transmission, Ecoute'' ("Tactical, hydrodynamics, silence and transmission improvements"). The boat is a major upgrade upon the initial design of the ''Rubis'' type, and earlier units have since been refitted to meet her standards. Service history ''Améthyste'' took part in Operation Allied Force, the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, 1999 bombing campaign over Yugoslavia, by protecting the NATO aeronaval group. Along with , the boat was one of the two submarines that interdicted the Kotor straits to the Serbian Navy, thus effectively forbidding their use. The boat also gathered information for the coalition. The submarine ''Améthyste'' was part of the French naval task group led by the aircraft carrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubis-class Submarine
The ''Rubis'' class is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines operated by the French Navy. It originally comprised six boats, the first entering service in 1983 and the last in 1993. Two additional units originally planned were cancelled as a result of post-Cold War budget cuts. All submarines of the ''Rubis'' class have been based at Toulon and are part of the ''Escadrille de sous-marins nucléaires d'attaque''. Smaller than contemporary designs of other major world navies, the ''Rubis'' class shares many of its system designs with the conventionally-powered . In the late 1980s, the ''Rubis'' class was proposed to Canada in the context of their plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. The submarines of the class were built in two batches, with the final two built to an improved standard to reduce noise emissions that plagued the original design. Dubbed the AMÉTHYSTE rebuild, the first four hulls were refitted to its standard until they were practically indistinguishab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Tourville
''Tourville'' (S637) is a French nuclear attack submarine (SNA). After the and , it is the third of six ''Suffren''-class submarines in the Barracuda program, the French Navy's second-generation nuclear attack submarine. Like several French naval ships before her, she is named after Vice-Admiral and Marshal of France Anne Hilarion de Costentin de Tourville. Construction began on 28 June 2011, at Cherbourg. She first set sail in July 2024. A few weeks later, on 11 September, the Red crew of the new submarine was formed at a ceremony at Fort Saint-Louis, Toulon. Just over two weeks after her departure, ''Tourville'' returned to Cherbourg for a technical intervention to apply a few corrective measures. The submarine was delivered to the navy and entered active service on 16 November 2024. Service One of her first missions was a visit to Canada in March 2025 to test cold water performance. It targeted a possible Canadian buy of French subs by its navy A navy, naval force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Duguay-Trouin
''Duguay-Trouin'' (S636) is a French nuclear attack submarine and the second boat of the . The vessel was laid down on 26 June 2009 and launched on 9 September 2022 at Cherbourg Cherbourg is a former Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French departments of France, department of Manche. It was merged into the com .... It was commissioned on 28 July 2023. References Submarines of France 2022 ships French Barracuda-class submarines Ships built in France {{Submarine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Suffren
''Suffren'' (Q284/S635) is a French nuclear attack submarine. It is the lead ship of the ''Suffren'' class, stemming from the Barracuda program. The vessel, like several others before it, is named after Vice-Admiral Pierre André de Suffren. The ''Suffren'' was laid down on 19 December 2007 and launched on 1 August 2019 at Cherbourg. It was commissioned on 6 November 2020; while full operational service had originally been anticipated in 2021, this was pushed back into 2022 after further testing/trials by the French Navy. Pursuant to testing the submarine was then declared fully operational on 3 June 2022. Design Unlike previous French submarines, ''Suffren'' is not equipped with a periscope, but rather an optronic mast, which allows for much longer range and outside visible spectrum detection of targets. A first for the French Navy is the ability to deploy a small underwater vehicle for special forces use (similar to the US Navy ASDS) thanks to a dry deck shelter. Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barracuda-class Submarine (France)
The ''Suffren''-class is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, designed by the French shipbuilder Naval Group (formerly DCNS) for the French Navy. It is intended to replace the s. Construction began in 2007 and the lead boat of the class, , was commissioned on 6 November 2020. It officially entered active service on 3 June 2022. History Development In October 1998, the '' Delegation Générale pour l'Armement'', the French government's defense procurement agency, established an integrated project team consisting of the Naval Staff, DCN (now known as Naval Group), Technicatome and the '' Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique'', a regulatory body that oversees nuclear power plants, to oversee a program the design of a new attack submarine class, called Barracuda. DCN was to be the boat's designer and builder while Technicatome (since acquired by Areva) was to be responsible for the nuclear power plant. The two companies were to act jointly as a single prime contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Le Terrible (S619)
''Le Terrible'' is a strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy. The boat was launched on 21 March 2008 On 27 January 2010, ''Le Terrible'' launched an M51 SLBM from underwater in Audierne Bay. The missile reached its target off North Carolina; the flight took about 20 minutes. The submarine was put into service on 20 September 2010 armed with 16 M51 missiles. ''Terrible'' is fitted with a new SYCOBS combat system (SYstem de COmbat Barracuda-SSBN) which will also be installed on the new Barracuda class SSNs. In July 2017 French president Emmanuel Macron visited the submarine in the Atlantic and took part in a simulated missile launch. See also *List of submarines of France The submarines of France include Nuclear submarine, nuclear attack submarines and nuclear ballistic missile submarines of various List of submarine classes, classes, operated by the French Navy as part of the Submarine forces (France), French Subma ... Sources and references Triompha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
