List of ships of the Free French Naval Forces

This is a list of the ships of the Free French Naval Forces.

Ships that joined the allies in the aftermath of Operation Torch and later are not considered Free French but rather as a part of the French Liberation Army.

Aircraft carriers

Bearn class

• Béarn (Interned in Martinique until May 1943)

Battleships

Richelieu class

• Richelieu (After Operation Torch November 1942)

Bretagne class

• (interned in Alexandria until December 1942) (obsolete)

Courbet class

• (obsolete)
• (obsolete) - scuttled during the Battle of Normandy

Heavy Cruisers

Duquesne class

• Duquesne (interned in Alexandria until May 1943)
• Tourville (interned in Alexandria until May 1943)

Suffren class

• Suffren (interned in Alexandria until May 1943)

Light Cruisers

Duguay-Trouin class

• Duguay-Trouin (interned in Alexandria until May 1943)

Jeanne d'Arc class

• Jeanne d'Arc (Built as a Training ship) (After June 1943)

Émile Bertin class

• Émile Bertin (After June 1943)

La Galissonnière class

• Montcalm (After Operation Torch November 1942)
• Georges Leygues (After Operation Torch November 1942)
• Gloire (After Operation Torch November 1942)

French-built destroyers

Chacal class

• - lost 27 May 1943
• (Seized from Italy October 1943)

Fantasque class

• Le Fantasque (After Operation Torch November 1942)
• Le Terrible (After Operation Torch November 1942)
• Le Malin (After Operation Torch November 1942)

Bourrasque class

• - lost 10 June 1944
• (Loaned to Poland until April 1941) (Decommissioned in 1943)
• Simoun (After Operation Torch November 1942)
• Tempête (After Operation Torch November 1942)
• Trombe (Seized from Italy October 1943) - damaged beyond repair April 1945

L'Adroit class

• Basque (interned in Alexandria until December 1943)
• Forbin (interned in Alexandria until December 1943)
• L'Alcyon (After Operation Torch November 1942)
• Le Fortuné (interned in Alexandria until December 1943)

Escorts leased by the British & Americans

Hunt class

• La Combattante - lost 24 February 1945

Flower class

• (K58) (ex-HMS Aconite)
• (K100) - lost 9 February 1942
• Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves (K93) (ex-HMS Lotus)
• Commandant Détroyat (K183) (ex-HMS Coriander)
• Commandant Drogou (K195) (ex-HMS Chrysanthemum)
• Lobélia (K05) (ex-HMS Lobelia)
• Mimosa (K11) (ex-HMS Mimosa) - lost 9 June 1942
• Renoncule (K117) (ex-HMS Ranunculus)
• (K57) (ex-HMS Sundew)

Cannon class

• Algérien (ex-USS Cronin (DE-107), later Oise)
• Hova (ex-USS Hova (DE-110))
• Marocain (ex-USS Marocain (DE-109))
• Sénégalais (ex-USS Corbesier (DE-106))
• Somali (ex-USS Somali (DE-111))
• Tunisien (ex-USS Crosley (DE-108))

River class

• Aventure (K263) (ex-HMS Braid)
• Croix de Lorraine (K258) (ex-HMS Strule)
• Découverte (K370) (ex-HMS Windrush)
• Escarmouche (K267) (ex-HMS Frome)
• Surprise (K292) (ex-HMS Torridge)
• Tonkinois (K260) (ex-HMS Moyola)

Submarines

Requin class

Saphir class

Redoutable class

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Minerve class

British U class

• - formerly HMS Vox (P67)

British V class

• - formerly HMS Vineyard (P84)
• - formerly HMS Vortex (P87)

Avisos

Bougainville class

Minesweepers

Elan class

• La Boudeuse
• Commandant Bory
• Commandant Delage
• Commandant Duboc
• La Gracieuse
• La Moqueuse

Patrol vessels

• Poulmic - lost 7 November 1940

Cargo ships

• Cagou
• Casamance
• Djudjura
• Félix Roussel
• Fort Binger
• Franche-Comté
• Gallois
• Gravelines
• Île-de-Batz
• Indochinois
• Kilissi
• PLM 22

Sailing ships

• Belle Poule
• Étoile

References

• LA FLOTTE DE GUERRE DES FNFL