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".


 * 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)
 * 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)
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Foudroyant (1931)
 * Frondeur (1931)


 * Albatros (F762, 1931)
 * Albatros (F762, 1931)


 * Hardi (1938)
 * Fleuret (1938)
 * L'Adroit (ex-Épée) (1938)
 * Mameluck (1939)
 * Casque (1938)
 * Lansquenet (1938)
 * Siroco (ex-Corsaire) (1939)
 * Bison (ex-Flibustier) (1939)
 * Lansequenet (1939)
 * Lansequenet (1939)


 * 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)
 * Baliste (1938)


 * La Grandière (ex-Ville d'Ys) (F731, 1940)
 * Dumont d'Urville (F732, 1932)
 * Savorgnan de Brazza (F733, 1933)
 * Annamite (F734, 1940)
 * Chevreuil (F735, 1939)
 * Gazelle (F736, 1939)
 * Bisson (F737, 1947)
 * Cdt Amyot d'Inville (F738, 1947)
 * Cdt de Pimodan (F739, 1947)
 * 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)
 * La Gracieuse (F746, 1940)
 * La Moqueuse (F747, 1940)
 * Elan (F748, 1939)


 * FRENCH DESTROYER La Combattante (1943)
 * Alsacien (1942)
 * Lorrain (1943)


 * FRENCH FRIGATE Algérien (F701, 1943)
 * Sénégalais (F702, 1943)
 * Somali (F703, 1944)
 * Hova (F704, 1944)
 * Marocain (F705, 1944)
 * Tunisien (F706, 1943)
 * Tunisien (F706, 1943)


 * River class
 * Aventure (F707, 1944)
 * Surprise (F708, 1944)
 * Escarmouche (F709, 1944)
 * Croix de Lorraine (F710, 1943)
 * Tonkinois (F711, 1943)
 * Découverte (F712, 1943)


 * FRENCH FRIGATE Mermoz (1947)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE La Place (1947)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Le Brix (1947)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Le Verrier (1947)
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Le Verrier (1947)


 * Francis Garnier (F730, 1948)


 * 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)
 * 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 (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)
 * Premier-maître l'Her (F792, 1981)

Sources and references

 * Conway : Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 (1980) ISBN 0-85177-146-7
 * Whitley, MH : Destroyers of World War Two (1988) ISBN 1-85409-521-8


 * Bâtiments désarmés on NetMarine.net