1. World War I

2. Between the World Wars

3. World War II

4. Post-war

5. See also

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

• {{Sclass-|Durandal|destroyer|4}} (1899) — 4 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Durandal||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Hallebarde||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fauconneau||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Espingole||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Framée|destroyer|4}} (1899) — 4 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Framée||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Yatagan||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Pique||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Épée|1900|2}}
• {{Sclass-|Rochefortais|destroyer|5}} or Pertuisane class (1900) — 4 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Pertuisane||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Escopette||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Flamberge||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Rapière||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Arquebuse|destroyer|4}} (1902) — 20 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Arbalète||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Arc||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Arquebuse||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Baliste||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bélier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bombarde||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Carabine||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Catapulte||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Dard||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Épieu||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Francisque||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fronde||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Harpon||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Javeline||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mousquet||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mousqueton||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Pistolet||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sabre||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sagaie||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sarbacane||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Claymore|destroyer|4}} (1905) — 13 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Carquois||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Claymore||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Cognée||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Coutelas||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fleuret|1907|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Hache||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Massue||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mortier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Obusier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Pierrer||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Stylet||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Trident||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tromblon||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Branlebas|destroyer|4}} (1907) — 10 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Branlebas||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Étendard||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fanfare||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fanion||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Gabion||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Glaive||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Oriflamme||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Poignard||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sabretache||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sape||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Spahi|destroyer|4}} (1908) — 7 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Aspirant Herber||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Carabinier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Enseigne Henry||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Hussard||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Lansquenet|1909|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mameluck||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Spahi||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Voltigeur|destroyer|4}} (1908) — 2 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Voltigeur||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tirailleur||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Chasseur|destroyer|4}} (1909) — 4 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Chasseur||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Actée||2}} — sold to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez before completion
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Cavalier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fantassin||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Janissaire||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Bouclier|destroyer|4}} (1911) — 12 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bouclier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Boutefeu||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Capitaine Mehl||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Casque|1910|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Cimeterre||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Commandant Bory||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Commandant Rivière||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Dague||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Dehorter||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Faulx||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fourche||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Francis Garnier||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Bisson|destroyer|4}} (1912) — 6 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bisson||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Renaudin||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Commandant Lucas||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Protet||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mangini||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Magon||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Aventurier|destroyer|4}} (1914) — 4 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Opiniâtre||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Aventurier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Téméraire||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Intrépide||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Enseigne Roux|destroyer|4}} (1915) — 3 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Enseigne Roux||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mécanicien Principal Lestin||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Enseigne Gabolde||2}} — completed to a modified design
• {{Sclass-|M89|destroyer|4}} (1915) — 2 ships, Cancelled
  • M89
  • M90
• {{Sclass-|Arabe|destroyer|4}} (1917) — 12 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Algérien||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Annamite||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Arabe||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bambara||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Hova||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Kabyle||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Marocain||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sakalave||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sénégalais||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Somali||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tonkinois||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Touareg||2}}

Between the World Wars

• {{Sclass-|Lion|destroyer|4}} — 2 ships, Cancelled
  • Lion
  • Guépard

World War II

• {{Sclass-|Chacal|destroyer|4}} — 6 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Chacal||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Jaguar||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Léopard||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Lynx||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Panthère||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tigre||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Guépard|destroyer|4}} — 6 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bison||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Guépard||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Lion||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Valmy||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Verdun||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Vauban||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Aigle|destroyer|4}} — 6 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Aigle||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Vautour||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Albatros||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Gerfaut||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Milan||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Épervier||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Vauquelin|destroyer|4}} — 6 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Cassard|1931|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Chevalier Paul|1932|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Kersaint|1931|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Maillé Brézé|1931|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tartu|1931|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Vauquelin|1931|2}}
• {{Sclass-|Fantasque|destroyer|4}} — 6 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Fantasque||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Malin||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Terrible||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|L'Indomptable||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|L'Audacieux||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Triomphant||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Mogador|destroyer|4}} — 2 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mogador||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Volta||2}}
• {{sclass-|Bourrasque|destroyer|4}} — 12 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bourrasque||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Cyclone||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mistral||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Orage||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Ouragan||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Simoun||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Sirocco||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tempête||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tornade||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tramontane||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Trombe||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Typhon||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Adroit|destroyer|4}} — 14 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|L'Adroit|1927|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Basque||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bordelais||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Boulonnais||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Brestois||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Forbin|1928|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Frondeur||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|L'Alcyon||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|La Palme||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|La Railleuse||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Fortuné||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Mars||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Foudroyant|1929|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fougueux||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Hardi|destroyer|4}} — 8 ships
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Hardi||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Fleuret|1938|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Épée|1938|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Mameluk||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Casque|1938|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Le Flibustier||2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Lansquenet|1939|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Siroco|1939|2}}

Post-war

• {{Sclass2-|T 47|destroyer|4}} — all 12 units retired in the 1980s.
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Surcouf|D621|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Kersaint|D622|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Cassard|D623|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Bouvet|D624|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Dupetit-Thouars|D625|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Chevalier Paul|D626|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Maillé-Brézé|D627|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Vauquelin|D628|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|D'Estrées|D629|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Du Chayla|D630|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Casabianca|D631|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Guépratte|D632|2}}
• {{Sclass2-|T 53|destroyer|4}} — all 6 units retired in the 1970s & 1980s.
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Duperré|D633|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|La Bourdonnais|D634|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Forbin|D635|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Tartu|D636|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|Jauréguiberry|D637|2}}
  • {{ship|French destroyer|La Galissonnière|D638|2}}
• {{Sclass-|Suffren|frigate|4}} — 2 ships, 1 decommissioned in 2008, the other out of service 2008.
  • {{ship|French frigate|Suffren|D602|2}}
  • {{ship|French frigate|Duquesne|D603|2}}
• {{Ship|French destroyer|Aconit|F65|2}} class — 1 ship, decommissioned in 1996.
• {{Sclass-|Tourville|frigate|4}} (F67 type) — 3 ships, last decommissioned in May 2013.
  • {{ship|French frigate|Tourville|D610|2}}
  • {{ship|French frigate|Duguay-Trouin|D611|2}}
  • {{ship|French frigate|De Grasse|D612|2}}
• {{Sclass2-|Horizon|frigate|4}} — 2 ships in service.
  • {{ship|French frigate|Forbin||2}}
  • {{ship|French frigate|Chevalier Paul||2}}
• {{Sclass-|Aquitaine|frigate|4}} — 4 ships in service.
  • {{ship|French frigate|Aquitaine||2}}
  • {{ship|French frigate|Provence||2}}
  • {{ship|French frigate|Languedoc||2}}
  • {{ship|French frigate|Auvergne||2}}

See also

• Escorteur
• List of escorteurs of the French Navy
• List of torpedo boats of France

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