List of submarines of France
The submarines of France include nuclear attack submarines and nuclear ballistic missile submarines of various classes, operated by the French Navy as part of the French Submarine Forces.
Each French Navy vessel, including French submarines have for military awards and decorations their respective Fanions insignia.
Contents
1 In service
1.1 Nuclear attack submarines
1.2 Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
2 Planned
3 Retired from service
3.1 1863 to 1903
3.2 1904 to 1919
3.3 1919 to 1944
3.4 1944 to 1971
3.5 1971 to 2008
4 See also
5 References
5.1 Notes
5.2 External links
In service
Nuclear attack submarines
Rubis class
Rubis (S601) ( 1983 – )
Saphir (S602) (1984 – )
Casabianca (S603) ( 1987 – )
Émeraude (S604) ( 1988 – )
Améthyste (S605) ( 1992 – )
Perle (S606) ( 1993 – )
Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
Triomphant class
Le Triomphant (S616) ( 1997 – )
Le Téméraire (S617) ( 1999 – )
Le Vigilant (S618) ( 2004 – )
Le Terrible (S619) ( 2010 – )
Planned
Suffren class (under construction)
Retired 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
Plongeur (1863–1872)
Gymnote (Q1) (1888–1908)
Gustave Zédé (Q2) (1893–1909)
Morse (Q3) (1899–1909)
Narval (Q4) (1900–1909)
Sirène class (1901–1919)
Sirène (Q5)
Triton (Q6)
Espadon (Q13)
Silure (Q14)
Farfadet class (1901–1913)
Farfadet (Q7) renamed Follet (1908–1913)
Korrigan (Q8)
Gnôme (Q9)
Lutin (Q10)
Morse class (1901–1914)
Français (Q11)
Algérien (Q12)
Naïade class (1903–1914)
Naïade (Q15)
Protée (Q16)
Perle (Q17)
Esturgeon (Q18)
Bonite (Q19)
Thon (Q20)
Souffleur (Q21)
Dorade (Q22)
Lynx (Q23)
Ludion (Q24)
Loutre (Q25)
Castor (Q26)
Phoque (Q27)
Otarie (Q28)
Méduse (Q29)
Oursin (Q30)
Grondin (Q31)
Anguille (Q32)- Alose (Q33)
Truite (Q34)
1904 to 1919
Experimental types (varying designs)
X (Q35) – renamed Dauphin 13 February 1911 (1904–1914)
Z (Q36)
Y (Q37) - (1905-1909)
Aigrette class (1904–1919)
Aigrette (Q38)
Cigogne (Q39)
Argonaute (Q40)
Émeraude class (1906–1919)
Émeraude (Q41)
Opale (Q42)
Rubis (Q43)
Saphir (Q44)
Topaze (Q45)
Turquoise (Q46)
Circé class (1907–1918)
Circé (Q47)
Calypso (Q48)
Guèpe class
Guèpe 1 (Q49)
Guèpe 2 (Q50)
Pluviôse class
Pluviôse (Q51)
Ventôse (Q52)
Germinal (Q53)
Floréal (Q54)
Priarial (Q55)
Messidor (Q56)
Thermidor (Q57)
Fructidor (Q58)
Vendémiaire (Q59)
Papin (Q64)
Fresnel (Q65)
Berthelot (Q66)- Monge (Q67)
Ampère (Q68)
Gay-Lussac (Q69)
Watt (Q75)
Cugnot (Q76)
Giffard (Q77)
Archimède (Q73) (1909–1919)
Charles Brun (Q89) (1911–1915)
Mariotte (Q74) (1911–1915)
Brumaire class (1911–1930)
Brumaire (Q60)
Frimaire (Q62)
Nivôse (Q63)
Foucault (Q70)
Euler (Q71)
Franklin (Q72)
Faraday (Q78)
Volta (Q79)
Newton (Q80)
Montgolfier (Q81)
Bernouilli (Q83)
Joule (Q84)
Coulomb (Q85)
Arago (Q86)
Curie (Q87)
Le Verrier (Q88)
Amiral Bourgois (Q82) (1912–1919)
Clorinde class (1913–1926)
Clorinde (Q90)
Cornélie (Q91)
Gustave Zédé class (1913–1937)
Gustave Zédé (Q92)
Néréide (Q93)
Amphitrite class (1914–1935)
Amphitrite (Q94)
Astrée (Q95)
Artémis (Q96)
Aréthuse (Q97)
Atalante (Q98)
Amarante (Q99)
Ariane (Q100)
Andromaque (Q101)
Bellone class (1914–1935)
Bellone (Q102)
Hermione (Q103)
Gorgone (Q104)
Dupuy de Lôme class (1915–1935)
Dupuy de Lôme (Q105)
Sané (Q106)
Diane class (1915–1935)
Diane (Q107)
Daphné (Q108)
Armide class (1915–1935)
Armide (SD 2) ex-Japanese
Antigone (SD 3) ex-Greek
Amazone (SD 4) ex-Greek
Joessel class (1917–1935)
Joessel (Q109)
Fulton (Q110)- Six more of this class (Q115-Q120) were in the 1915 Programme but were cancelled (never named)
Lagrange class (1917–1937)
Laplace (Q111)
Lagrange (Q112)
Regnault (Q113)
Romazotti (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) (1916–1937)
Roland Morillot (ex UB-23)
Trinité-Schillemans (ex UB-94)
Carissan (ex UB-99)
Jean Corre (ex UB-155)
1919 to 1944
O'Byrne class (1919–1935)- O'Byrne
- Henri Fournier
- Louis Dupetit-Thouars
Maurice Callot (1921–1936)
Pierre Chailley (1921–1936)
600 Series (1925–1946)
Ariane class (1925–1942)
Ondine (Q121)
Ariane (Q122)
Eurydice (Q130)
Danaé (Q131)
Sirène class (1925–1942)
Sirène[1] (Q123)
Naïade (Q124)
Galatée (Q132)
Nymphe (Q133)
Circé class (1927–1942)
Circé (Q125)
Calypso (Q126)
Thétis (Q134)
Doris[2] (Q135)
Argonaute class (1932–1946)- Aréthuse
- Argonaute
Atalante (Q162)
La Vestale (Q176)
La Sultane (Q177)
Orion class (1932–1943)
Orion (Q165)
Ondine (Q166)
Diane class (1932–1946)- Diane
- Méduse
Amphitrite (Q159)
Antiope (Q160)
Amazone (Q161)
Orphée (Q163)
Oréade (Q164)
La Psyché (Q174)
La Sybille (Q175)
Requin class (1926–1946)
Requin (Q115)
Souffleur[3] (Q116)- Morse (Q117)
Narval (Q118)
Marsouin (Q119)
Dauphin (Q120)
Caïman (Q127)
Phoque (Q128)
Espadon (Q129)
- Saphir class Minelaying submarines (1930–1949)
Saphir (Q145)
Turquoise (Q146)
Nautilus (Q152)
Rubis[4] (Q158)
Diamant[5] (Q173)
Perle (Q184)
Redoutable class (1931–1952)
Type M-5
Redoutable (Q136)
Vengeur (Q137)
Type M-6
Pascal (Q138)
Pasteur (Q139)
Henri-Poincaré (Q140)
Poncelet[6] (Q141)
Archimède (Q142)
Fresnel (Q143)
Monge (Q144)
Achille (Q147)- Ajax[7] (Q148)
Actéon (Q149)
Achéron (Q150)
Argo (Q151)- Prométhée (Q153)
Persée (Q154)
Protée (Q155)
Pégase (Q156)
Phénix (Q157)
L'Espoir (Q167)
Le Glorieux (Q168)
Le Centaure (Q169)
Le Héros (Q170)
Le Conquérant (Q171)
Le Tonnant (Q172)
Agosta (Q178)
Bévéziers [8] (Q179)
Ouessant (Q180)
Sidi-Ferruch (Q181)
Sfax (Q182)
Casabianca (Q183)
Surcouf (1934–1942)[9]
Minerve class (1936–1954)
Minerve (Q185)
Junon[10] (Q186)
Vénus (Q187)
Iris (Q188)
Pallas (Q189)
Céres (Q190)
British U class (1943–1946)- Curie
- Doris
- Morse
Aurore class (1940–1960)
Aurore (Q192)
Créole (Q193)
Bayadère (Q194) - never completed
Favorite (Q195)
Africaine (Q196)
Astrée (Q200)
Andromède (Q201)
Antigone (Q202) - construction abandoned 1940
Andromaque (Q203) - construction abandoned 1940
Artémis (Q206)
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)
Roland Morillot (Q191)
La Praya (Q198)
La Martinique (Q199)
La Guadeloupe (Q204)
La Réunion (Q205)- unnamed (Q228)
- unnamed (Q229)
- unnamed (Q230)
Émeraude class Minelaying submarines (authorised only, cancelled 1940)
Émeraude (Q197)
Agate (Q208)
Corail (Q209)
Escarboucle (Q210)
Phénix class (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 (Germany) (1944–1963)
Millé (ex U-471)
Laubie (ex U-766) (Germany) (1945–1959)
German Type IX submarine (French: Unterseeboot type IX)
Blaison (ex U-123)
Bouan (ex U-510)
Type XXI submarine (Germany) (1946–1967)
Roland Morillot (ex U-2518)
Type XXIII submarine (Germany) (1946)- U-2326
Saphir class (United Kingdom) (1951–1959)
Sibylle (ex – HMS Sportsman)
Saphir (ex – HMS Satyr)
Sirène (ex – HMS Spiteful)
Sultane (ex – HMS Statesman)
Narval class (1957–1992)
Narval (Q231)
Marsouin (Q232)
Dauphin (Q233)
Requin (Q234)
Espadon (Q237)
Morse (Q238)
Aréthuse class (1958–1981)
Argonaute (Q235)
Aréthuse (Q236)
Amazone (Q239)
Ariane (Q240)
Daphne class (1964–1996)
Daphné (Q241)
Diane (Q242)
Doris (Q243)
Eurydice[11] (Q245)
Flore (Q246)
Galatée (Q247)
Minerve[12] (Q248)
Junon (Q249)
Vénus (Q250)
Psyché (Q253)
Sirène (Q254)
Gymnote (1966–1986) (Q251)
1971 to 2008
Redoutable class (1971–2008)
Redoutable[13] (Q252) (1971-1991)
Terrible (Q255) (1973-1996)
Foudroyant (Q257) (1974-1998)
Indomptable[14] (1976-2005)
Tonnant (1980-1999)
Inflexible (1985-2008)
Agosta class (1977–2001)
Agosta (1977-1997)
Bévéziers (1977-1978)
La Praya (1978-2000)
Ouessant (1978-2001)
See also
- List of active French Navy ships
- List of Escorteurs of the French Navy
- List of battleships of France
- List of aircraft carriers of France
- List of French Air Force aircraft squadrons
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)
Notes
^ Commanded by Jean-Marie Querville (1903–1967) between 1934 and 1936
^ Commanded by Jean Favreul (1898–1940) between 1939 and 1940
^ Commanded by Jean-Marie Querville (1903–1967) between 1936 and 1938, and Benoit Lejay (1905–1941) between 1940 and 1941.
^ Commanded by Georges Cabanier
^ Commanded by Jean Favreul (1898–1940) in 1933.
^ Commanded by Bertrand de Sausssine du Pont de Gault (1903–1940)
^ Commanded by Jean Favreul (1898–1940) between 1937 and 1939.
^ Commanded by Pierre Lancelot (1901–1957) in 1940.
^ Commanded by Raymond de Belot (1899–1976) between 1930 and 1933, and Georges Louis Nicolas Blaison (1906–1942) between 1941 and 1942.
^ Commanded by Jean-Marie Querville (1903–1967) between 1941 and 1943.
^ Commanded by Bernard de Truchis de Lays (1936–1970)
^ Commanded by André Fauve (1935–1968)
^ Commanded by Yves Urbain Marie Lecointre (5 April 1932 – 1985)
^ L'Indomptable
External links
- www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk – Classes of French Submarines
- uboat.net – History, French & Allied Submarines in World War II