French ship Mistral

Four ships of the French Navy have born the name Mistral, as well as a few other auxiliary ships:


 * A high sea armoured torpedo boat of the Cyclone type (1901)
 * Mistral (1923) - a Bourrasque class destroyer (contre-torpilleur), seized by the British July 1940 and commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Mistral. Later transferred to the Free French forces. Scrapped in 1953.
 * The DF38 Mistral, a coast-guard cutter of the Tourmaline type (1977), commissioned as Vent d'Aval, later renamed Mistral.
 * Liane DF 50, a small vessel also bore the name Mistral.
 * A fishing ship, the Henri Cameleyre (1908) was requisitioned as a minesweeper during the Second World War. She was restituted in 1941 and renamed Mistral.
 * An auxiliary patrol boat of the Second World War also bore the name of Mistral II.
 * The present Mistral pennant (L9013) is an assault helicopter and command ship, lead ship of her class.