List of French modern frigates

The list of French modern frigates covers ships acquired or built between 1925 and the present day. This list is not comprehensive. In France, "destroyers" are called "contre-torpilleurs" or "first rank frigates"; hence, destroyer-size ships might be listed here. During the 1940s, frigate-size ships were called "torpilleurs".


 * Bourrasque-class destroyer
 * Orage (1926)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Ouragan (1927)
 * Simoun (1926)
 * Tramontane (1927)
 * Trombe (1927)
 * Bourrasque (1926)
 * Cyclone (1927)
 * Mistral (1927)
 * Siroco (1927)
 * Tempête (1926)
 * Typhon (1928)
 * Tornade (1928)
 * Adroit-class destroyer
 * Mars (1926)
 * Le Fortuné (1926)
 * Palme (1926)
 * La Railleuse (1926)
 * Alcyon (1926)
 * L'Adroit (1927)
 * Boulonnais (1928)
 * Brestois (1928)
 * Bordelais (1930)
 * Basque (1930)
 * Forbin (1930)
 * Fougueux (1930)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Foudroyant (1931)
 * Frondeur (1931)
 * Aigle-class destroyer
 * Albatros (F762, 1931)
 * Hardi-class destroyer
 * Hardi (1938)
 * Fleuret (1938)
 * L'Adroit (ex-Épée) (1938)
 * Mameluck (1939)
 * Casque (1938)
 * Lansquenet (1939)
 * Siroco (ex-Corsaire) (1939)
 * Bison (ex-Flibustier) (1939)
 * La Melpomène-class torpedo boat
 * La Melpomène (1936)
 * La Flore (1936)
 * La Pomone (1936)
 * L'Iphigénie (1936)
 * La Bayonnaise (1938)
 * La Cordelière (1938)
 * L'Incomprise (1938)
 * La Pousuivante (1937)
 * Bombarde (1937)
 * Branlebas (1938)
 * Bouclier (1938)
 * Baliste (1938)
 * Bougainville-class aviso
 * La Grandière (ex-Ville d'Ys) (F731, 1940)
 * Dumont d'Urville (F732, 1932)
 * Savorgnan de Brazza (F733, 1933)
 * Chamois-class aviso
 * Annamite (F734, 1940)
 * Chevreuil (F735, 1939)
 * Gazelle (F736, 1939)
 * Bisson (F737, 1947)
 * Cdt Amyot d'Inville (F738, 1947)
 * Cdt de Pimodan (F739, 1947)
 * Elan-class minesweeping sloops
 * Cdt Bory (F740, 1939)
 * Cdt Delage (F741, 1939)
 * Cdt Domine (F742, 1940)
 * Cdt Duboc (F743, 1939)
 * La Boudeuse (F744, 1940)
 * La Capricieuse (F745, 1940)
 * La Gracieuse (F746, 1940)
 * La Moqueuse (F747, 1940)
 * Elan (F748, 1939)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER La Combattante (1943)
 * Alsacien (1942)
 * Lorrain (1943)
 * Cannon-class destroyer escort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Algérien (F701, 1943)
 * Sénégalais (F702, 1943)
 * Somali (F703, 1944)
 * Hova (F704, 1944)
 * Marocain (F705, 1944)
 * Tunisien (F706, 1943)
 * River class
 * Croix de Lorraine (F710, 1943)
 * L'Aventure (F707, 1944)
 * L'Escarmouche (F709, 1944)
 * La Découverte (F712, 1943)
 * La Surprise (F708, 1944)
 * Tonkinois (F711, 1943)
 * Tacoma-class frigate
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Mermoz (1947)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE La Place (1947)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Le Brix (1947)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Le Verrier (1947)
 * Francis Garnier (F730, 1948)
 * Cannon-class destroyer escort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Arabe (1950)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Kabyle (1950)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Bambara (1950)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Sakalave (1950)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Touareg (1950)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Soudanais (1950)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Berbère (1952)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Malgache (1952)
 * Le Corse class
 * Le Corse (F761, 1955)
 * Le Brestois (F762, 1956)
 * Le Boulonnais (F763, 1956)
 * Le Bordelais (F764, 1955)
 * Le Normand class
 * Le Normand (F765, 1956)
 * Le Picard (F766, 1956)
 * Le Gascon (F767, 1957)
 * Le Lorrain (F768, 1957)
 * Le Bourguignon (F769, 1957)
 * Le Champenois (F770, 1957)
 * Le Savoyard (F771, 1957)
 * Le Breton (F772, 1957)
 * Le Basque (F773, 1957)
 * L'Agenais (F774, 1958)
 * Le Béarnais (F775, 1958)
 * L'Alsacien (F776, 1960)
 * Le Provencal (F777, 1959)
 * Le Vendéen (F778, 1960)
 * Commandant Rivière class
 * Victor Schoelcher (F725, 1962)
 * Commandant Bory (F726, 1964)
 * Doudart de Lagrée (F728, 1963)
 * Balny (F729, 1966)
 * Commandant Rivière (F733, 1962)
 * Commandant Bourdais (F740, 1963)
 * Protet (F748, 1964)
 * Enseigne de vaisseau Henry (F749, 1965)
 * L'Ardent (P635, 1958)
 * L'Intrepide (P636, 1958)
 * L'Étourdi (P637, 1958)
 * L'Effronté (P638, 1959)
 * Le Frondeur (P639, 1959)
 * Le Fringant (P640, 1959)
 * L'opiniâtre (P644, 1954)
 * Le Fougueux (P641, 1954)
 * L'Agile (P642, 1954)
 * L'Adroit (P643, 1957)
 * L'Alerte (P645, 1957)
 * L'Attentif (P646, 1957)
 * L'Enjoue (P647, 1957)
 * Le Hardi (P648, 1958)
 * Amiral Mouchez (F752, 1937)
 * Paul Goffeny (F754, 1948)
 * Cdt Robert Giraud (F755, 1947)
 * D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso
 * D'Estienne d'Orves (F781, 1976)
 * Amyot d'Inville (F782, 1976)
 * Drogou (F783, 1976)
 * Detroyat (F784, 1977)
 * Jean Moulin (F785, 1977)
 * Quartier-Maître Anquetil (F786, 1977)
 * Commandant de Pimodan (F787, 1978)
 * Second-Maitre Le Bihan (F788, 1978)
 * Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Henaff (F789, 1979)
 * Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée (F790, 1980)
 * Premier-maître l'Her (F792, 1981)

Sources and references

 * Whitley, MH : Destroyers of World War Two (1988) ISBN 1-85409-521-8
 * Bâtiments désarmés on NetMarine.net
 * Bâtiments désarmés on NetMarine.net