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

• (1899) — 4 ships
• (M1)
• (M'1)
• (M'2)
• (M'3)
• (1899) — 4 ships
• (M'4)
• (M'5)
• (M'6)
• (M'7)
• or Pertuisane class (1900) — 4 ships
• (M'8)
• (M'9)
• (M'10)
• (M'11)
• (1902) — 20 ships
• (M'12)
• (M'13)
• (M'14)
• (M'15)
• (M'16)
• (M'17)
• (M'18)
• (M'19)
• (M'20)
• (M'21)
• (M'22)
• (M'23)
• (M'24)
• (M'25)
• (M'26)
• (M'27)
• (M'28)
• (M'29)
• (M'30)
• (M'31)
• (1905) — 13 ships
• (M'32)
• (M'33)
• (M'34)
• (M'35)
• (M'36)
• (M'37)
• (M'38)
• (M'39)
• (M'40)
• (M'41)
• (M44)
• (M45)
• (M46)
• (1907) — 10 ships
• (M'42)
• (M'43)
• (M47)
• (M48)
• (M49)
• (M50)
• (M51)
• (M52)
• (M53)
• (M54)
• (1908) — 7 ships
• (M55)
• (M59)
• (M60)
• (M61)
• (M62)
• (M84)
• (M85)
• (1908) — 2 ships
• (M56)
• (M57)
• (1909) — 4 ships
• (M58)
• — sold to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez before completion
• (M63)
• (M64)
• (M65)
• (1911) — 12 ships
• (M66)
• (M67)
• (M68)
• (M69)
• (M70)
• (M71)
• (M72)
• (M73)
• (M74)
• (M75)
• (M76)
• (M77)
• (1912) — 6 ships
• (M78)
• (M79)
• (M80)
• (M81)
• (M82)
• (M83)
• (1914) — 4 ships
• (1915) — 3 ships
• (M86)
• (M87)
• (M88) — completed to a modified design
• (1915) — 2 ships, Cancelled
• M89
• M90
• (1917) — 12 ships

Between the World Wars

• — 2 ships, Cancelled
• Lion
• Guépard

World War II

• — 6 ships
• — 6 ships
• — 6 ships
• — 6 ships
• — 6 ships
• — 2 ships
• — 12 ships
• — 14 ships
• — 8 ships

Post-war

• — all 12 units retired in the 1980s.
• — all 6 units retired in the 1970s & 1980s.
• class — 1 ship, decommissioned in 1996

See also

• Escorteur

References