List of ships of the Free French Naval Forces explained

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

Aircraft carriers

Bearn class

Battleships

• (obsolete)

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

French-built destroyers

Chacal class

• - lost 27 May 1943

• - lost 10 June 1944

Escorts leased by the British & Americans

Hunt class

• La Combattante - lost 24 February 1945

• (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)

• 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))

• 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

Minerve class

• - formerly HMS Vox (P67)

• - 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^[1]

Cargo ships

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

^[2]

Sailing ships

• Belle Poule
• Étoile

References

• LA FLOTTE DE GUERRE DES FNFL

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poulmic . Shipwrecks and History In Plymouth Sound . 2013 . 3 March 2013.
2. Web site: La marine marchande de la France libre – Fondation de la France Libre.