List of destroyers of France

The following is a list of destroyers of France. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. The Fantasque was the fastest destroyer class ever built.

World War I

 * Durandal-class destroyer (1899) — 4 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Durandal (M1)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Hallebarde (M'1)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fauconneau (M'2)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Espingole (M'3)
 * Framée-class destroyer (1899) — 4 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Pique (M'4)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Épée (M'5)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Framée (M'6)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Yatagan (M'7)
 * Rochefortais-class destroyer or Pertuisane class (1900) — 4 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Pertuisane (M'8)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Escopette (M'9)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Flamberge (M'10)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Rapière (M'11)
 * Arquebuse-class destroyer (1902) — 20 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Carabine (M'12)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sarbacane (M'13)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Arquebuse (M'14)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Arbalète (M'15)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mousquet (M'16)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Javeline (M'17)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sagaie (M'18)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Épieu (M'19)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Harpon (M'20)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fronde (M'21)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Francisque (M'22)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sabre (M'23)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Dard (M'24)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Baliste (M'25)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mousqueton (M'26)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Arc (M'27)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Pistolet (M'28)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bélier (M'29)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Catapulte (M'30)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bombarde (M'31)
 * Claymore-class destroyer (1905) — 13 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Stylet (M'32)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tromblon (M'33)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Pierrer (M'34)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Obusier (M'35)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mortier (M'36)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Claymore (M'37)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Carquois (M'38)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Trident (M'39)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fleuret (M'40)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Coutelas (M'41)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Cognée (M44)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Hache (M45)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Massue (M46)
 * Branlebas-class destroyer (1907) — 10 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Glaive (M'42)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Poignard (M'43)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sabretache (M47)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Oriflamme (M48)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Étendard (M49)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fanion (M50)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sape (M51)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Gabion (M52)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Branlebas (M53)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fanfare (M54)
 * Spahi-class destroyer (1908) — 7 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Spahi (M55)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Hussard (M59)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Carabinier (M60)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Lansquenet (M61)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mameluck (M62)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Enseigne Henry (M84)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Aspirant Herber (M85)
 * Voltigeur-class destroyer (1908) — 2 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Voltigeur (M56)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tirailleur (M57)
 * Chasseur-class destroyer (1909) — 4 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Chasseur (M58)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Actée — sold to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez before completion
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Janissaire (M63)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fantassin (M64)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Cavalier (M65)
 * Bouclier-class destroyer (1911) — 12 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Cimeterre (M66)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Dague (M67)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fourche (M68)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Faulx (M69)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Boutefeu (M70)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bouclier (M71)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Casque (M72)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Capitaine Mehl (M73)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Dehorter (M74)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Francis Garnier (M75)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Commandant Bory (M76)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Commandant Rivière (M77)
 * Bisson-class destroyer (1912) — 6 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Commandant Lucas (M78)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Magon (M79)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mangini (M80)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bisson (M81)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Renaudin (M82)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Protet (M83)
 * Aventurier-class destroyer (1914) — 4 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Opiniâtre
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Aventurier
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Téméraire
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Intrépide
 * Enseigne Roux-class destroyer (1915) — 3 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mécanicien Principal Lestin (M86)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Enseigne Roux (M87)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Enseigne Gabolde (M88) — completed to a modified design
 * M89-class destroyer (1915) — 2 ships, Cancelled
 * M89
 * M90
 * Arabe-class destroyer (1917) — 12 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Algérien
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Annamite
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Arabe
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bambara
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Hova
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Kabyle
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Marocain
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sakalave
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sénégalais
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Somali
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tonkinois
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Touareg

Between the World Wars

 * Lion-class destroyer — 2 ships, Cancelled
 * Lion
 * Guépard

World War II

 * Chacal-class destroyer — 6 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Chacal
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Jaguar
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Léopard
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Lynx
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Panthère
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tigre
 * Guépard-class destroyer — 6 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bison
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Guépard
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Lion
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Valmy
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Verdun
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Vauban
 * Aigle-class destroyer — 6 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Aigle
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Vautour
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Albatros
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Gerfaut
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Milan
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Épervier
 * Vauquelin-class destroyer — 6 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Cassard
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Chevalier Paul
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Kersaint
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Maillé Brézé
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tartu
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Vauquelin
 * Fantasque-class destroyer — 6 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Fantasque
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Malin
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Terrible
 * FRENCH DESTROYER L'Indomptable
 * FRENCH DESTROYER L'Audacieux
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Triomphant
 * Mogador-class destroyer — 2 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mogador
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Volta
 * Bourrasque-class destroyer — 12 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bourrasque
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Cyclone
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mistral
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Orage
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Ouragan
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Simoun
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Sirocco
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tempête
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tornade
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tramontane
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Trombe
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Typhon
 * Adroit-class destroyer — 14 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER L'Adroit
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Basque
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bordelais
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Boulonnais
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Brestois
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Forbin
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Frondeur
 * FRENCH DESTROYER L'Alcyon
 * FRENCH DESTROYER La Palme
 * FRENCH DESTROYER La Railleuse
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Fortuné
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Mars
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Foudroyant
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fougueux
 * Hardi-class destroyer — 8 ships
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Hardi
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Fleuret
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Épée
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Mameluk
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Casque
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Le Flibustier
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Lansquenet
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Siroco

Post-war

 * T 47-class destroyer — all 12 units retired in the 1980s.
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Surcouf
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Kersaint
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Cassard
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Bouvet
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Dupetit-Thouars
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Chevalier Paul
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Maillé-Brézé
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Vauquelin
 * FRENCH DESTROYER D'Estrées
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Du Chayla
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Casabianca
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Guépratte
 * T 53-class destroyer — all 6 units retired in the 1970s & 1980s.
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Duperré
 * FRENCH DESTROYER La Bourdonnais
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Forbin
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Tartu
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Jauréguiberry
 * FRENCH DESTROYER La Galissonnière
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Aconit class — 1 ship, decommissioned in 1996