List of destroyers of France explained

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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: NH 121683 Destroyers Entering Brest, France . 2023-09-29 . NHHC . en-US.