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*# (1992–present)
*# (1993–present)
*
*# ''Suffren'' (Q284/S635) (2020–present)
*# ''Duguay-Trouin'' (S636) (2023 - present)
*# ''Tourville'' (S637) (2024 - present) (working up to full operational status as of late 2024)
*
*# (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'')
** ''Léon 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 (
(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)
** ''Nivôse'' (Q218)
** ''Pluviôse'' (Q219)
** ''Ventôse'' (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)
** (1987–2023)
** (1988–2024)
''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)
* 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 Subs French naval components *
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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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Each French Navy
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In service
Nuclear attack submarines
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*# (1992–present)
*# (1993–present)
*
*# ''Suffren'' (Q284/S635) (2020–present)
*# ''Duguay-Trouin'' (S636) (2023 - present)
*# ''Tourville'' (S637) (2024 - present) (working up to full operational status as of late 2024)
Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
*
*# (1997–present)
*# (1999–present)
*# (2004–present)
*# (2010–present)
Planned
Nuclear attack submarines
* *# (Laid down 2014) *# (Laid down 2019) *# (Laid down 2020)Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
* SNLE 3G-classRetired 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'')
** ''Léon 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 (Germany
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) (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'' ** ** * Minelaying submarine (1922–1936) * Minelaying submarine (1923–1936) * 600 Series (1925–1946) ** (1925–1942) *** *** *** *** ** (1925–1942) *** (Q123) *** (Q124) *** (Q132) *** (Q133) ** (1927–1942) *** (Q125) *** (Q126) *** (Q134) *** (Q135) ** (1932–1946) *** (NN7) *** (NN6) *** (Q162) *** (Q176) *** (Q177) ** (1932–1943) *** (Q165) *** (Q166) ** (1932–1946) *** (NN4) *** (NN5) *** (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)
** ''Nivôse'' (Q218)
** ''Pluviôse'' (Q219)
** ''Ventôse'' (Q220)
** ''Germinal'' (Q221)
** ''Floréal'' (Q222)
** ''Prairial'' (Q223)
** ''Messidor'' (Q224)
** ''Thermidor'' (Q225)
** ''Fructidor'' (Q226)
** ''Phénix'' (Q227)
1944 to 1971
*German Type VII submarine
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(Germany) (1944–1963)
** ''Millé'' (ex )
** (ex ) (Germany) (1945–1959)
* German Type IX submarine ()
** ''Blaison'' (ex )
** ''Bouan'' (ex )
* Type XXI submarine (Germany) (1946–1967)
** (ex ''U-2518'')
* Type XXIII submarine (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 present
* (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)
** (1987–2023)
** (1988–2024)
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 List of submarines of France, submarines of the ''Submarine forces (France), Forces sous-mar ...
* List of Escorteurs of the French Navy
* List of battleships of France
* List of aircraft carriers of France
* List of French Air and Space Force aircraft squadrons
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 Subs French naval components *
France
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Submarine
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