List of submarines of France explained

The submarines of France include nuclear attack submarines and nuclear ballistic missile submarines of various classes, operated by the French Navy as part of the French Submarine Forces. France also builds Scorpène-class submarines for international buyers; the Brazilian submarine Álvaro Alberto, a nuclear-powered boat,^[1] will be developed from this platform.^[2]

Each French Navy vessel, including French submarines have for military awards and decorations their respective fanion insignia.

In service

Nuclear attack submarines

1. (1988–present)
2. (1992–present)
3. (1993–present)
1. Suffren (Q284/S635)[3] (2020–present)
2. Duguay-Trouin (S636)^[4] (2023 - present)
3. Tourville (S637) (2024 - present) (working up to full operational status as of late 2024)

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

1. (1997–present)
2. (1999–present)
3. (2004–present)
4. (2010–present)

Planned

Nuclear attack submarines

1. (Laid down 2014)
2. (Laid down 2019)
3. (Laid down 2020)

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

SNLE 3G-class^[5]

Retired from service

Each French submarine from Gymnote onwards when ordered/constructed was given a sequential hull number (prefixed by the letter 'Q'). The sequence included submarines built in France for foreign navies, accounting for several gaps in the 'Q' numbering below.

1863 to 1903

(1863–1872)
(Q1) (1888–1908)
(Q2) (1893–1909)
(Q3) (1899–1909)
(Q4) (1900–1909)
Sirène class (1901–1919)
- (Q5)
- (Q6)
- (Q13)
- (Q14)
(1901–1913)
- (Q7) renamed Follet (1908–1913)
- (Q8)
- (Q9)
- (Q10)
(1901–1914)
- (Q11)
- (Q12)
(1903–1914)
- (Q15)
- (Q16)
- (Q17)
- (Q18)
- (Q19)
- (Q20)
- (Q21)
- (Q22)
- (Q23)
- (Q24)
- (Q25)
- (Q26)
- (Q27)
- (Q28)
- (Q29)
- (Q30)
- (Q31)
- (Q32)
- (Q33)
- (Q34)

1904 to 1919

Experimental types (varying designs)
- (Q35) – renamed Dauphin 13 February 1911 (1904–1914)
- (Q36)
- (Q37) – (1905–1909)
Aigrette class (1904–1919)
- (Q38)
- (Q39)
(Q40)
Émeraude class (1906–1919)
- (Q41)
- (Q42)
- (Q43)
- (Q44)
- (Q45)
- (Q46)
(1907–1918)
- (Q47)
- (Q48)
- Guèpe 1 (Q49)
- Guèpe 2 (Q50)
- (Q51)
- (Q52)
- (Q53)
- (Q54)
- (Q55)
- (Q56)
- (Q57)
- (Q58)
- (Q59)
- (Q64)
- (Q65)
- (Q66)
- (Q67)
- (Q68)
- (Q69)
- (Q75)
- (Q76)
- (Q77)
(Q73) (1909–1919)
(Q89) (1911–1915)
(Q74) (1911–1915)
(1911–1930)
- (Q60)
- (Q62)
- (Q63)
- (Q70)
- (Q71)
- (Q72)
- (Q78)
- (Q79)
- (Q80)
- (Q81)
- (Q83)
- (Q84)
- (Q85)
- (Q86)
- (Q87)
- (Q88)
(Q82) (1912–1919)
(1913–1926)
- (Q90)
- (Q91)
(1913–1937)
- (Q92)
- (Q93)
(1914–1935)
- (Q94)
- (Q95)
- (Q96)
- (Q97)
- (Q98)
- (Q99)
- (Q100)
- (Q101)
(1914–1935)
- (Q102)
- (Q103)
- (Q104)

(1915–1935)
- (Q105)
- (Q106)
Diane class (1915–1935)
- (Q107)
- (Q108)
(1915–1935)
- (SD 2) ex-Japanese
- (SD 3) ex-Greek
- (SD 4) ex-Greek
(1917–1935)
- (Q109)
- (Q110)
- Six more of this class (Q115-Q120) were in the 1915 Programme but were cancelled (never named)

(1917–1937)
- (Q111)
- (Q112)
- (Q113)
- (Q114)
UA class (Germany) (1918–1937)
- Jean-Autric (ex U-105)
- Léon Mignot (ex U-108)
- Pierre Marast (ex U-162)
- Jean Roulier (ex U-166)
UE class (Germany) (1918–1935)
- Victor Reveille (ex U-79)
- René Audry (ex U-119)
German Type U 139 submarine (Germany) (1918–1935)
- Helbronn (ex U-139)
German Type UB II submarine (Germany) (1916–1937)
- Roland Morillot (ex UB-23)
- Trinité-Schillemans (ex UB-94)
- Carissan (ex UB-99)
- Jean Corre (ex UB-155)

1919 to 1944

(1919–1935)
- O'Byrne
  - - - Minelaying submarine (1922–1936)
Minelaying submarine (1923–1936)
600 Series (1925–1946)
- (1925–1942)
  - - - (1925–1942)
  - ^[6] (Q123)
  - (Q124)
  - (Q132)
  - (Q133)
- (1927–1942)
  - (Q125)
  - (Q126)
  - (Q134)
  - ^[7] (Q135)
- (1932–1946)
  - (NN7)
  - (NN6)
  - (Q162)
  - (Q176)
  - (Q177)
- (1932–1943)
  - (Q165)
  - (Q166)
- (1932–1946)
  - (NN4)
  - (NN5)
  - (Q159)
  - (Q160)
  - (Q161)
  - (Q163)
  - (Q164)
  - (Q174)
  - (Q175)
Requin class (1926–1946)
- (Q115)
- ^[8] (Q116)
- (Q117)
- (Q118)
- (Q119)
- (Q120)
- (Q127)
- (Q128)
- (Q129)
Saphir class Minelaying submarines (1930–1949)
- (Q145)
- (Q146)
- (Q152)
- ^[9] (Q158)
- ^[10] (Q173)
- (Q184)
Redoutable class (1931–1952)
- Type M-5
  - (Q136)
  - (Q137)
- Type M-6
  - (Q138)
  - (Q139)
  - (Q140)
  - ^[11] (Q141)
  - (Q142)
  - (Q143)
  - (Q144)
  - (Q147)
  - ^[12] (Q148)
  - (Q149)
  - (Q150)
  - (Q151)
  - (Q153)
  - (Q154)
  - (Q155)
  - (Q156)
  - (Q157)
  - (Q167)
  - (Q168)
  - (Q169)
  - (Q170)
  - (Q171)
  - (Q172)
  - (Q178)
  - ^[13] (Q179)
  - (Q180)
  - (Q181)
  - (Q182)
  - (Q183)
(1934–1942)^[14]

(1936–1954)
- (Q185)
- ^[15] (Q186)
- (Q187)
- (Q188)
- (Q189)
- (Q190)
(1943–1946)
- - - - (1940–1960)
        
        – never completed
        Antigone (Q202) – construction abandoned 1940
- Andromaque (Q203) – construction abandoned 1940
  - - Armide (Q207) – construction abandoned 1940
- Hermione (Q211) – construction abandoned 1940
- Gorgone (Q212) – construction abandoned 1940
- Clorinde (Q213) – construction abandoned 1940
- Cornélie (Q214) – construction abandoned 1940
Roland Morillot class (cancelled 1940)
- - - - unnamed (Q228)
- unnamed (Q229)
- unnamed (Q230)
Minelaying submarines (authorised only, cancelled 1940)
- Émeraude (Q197)
- Agate (Q208)
- Corail (Q209)
- Escarboucle (Q210)
(cancelled 1940)
- Vendémiaire (Q215)
- Brumaire (Q216)
- Frimaire (Q217)
- Nivôse (Q218)
- Pluviôse (Q219)
- Ventôse (Q220)
- Germinal (Q221)
- Floréal (Q222)
- Prairial (Q223)
- Messidor (Q224)
- Thermidor (Q225)
- Fructidor (Q226)
- Phénix (Q227)

1944 to 1971

German Type VII submarine (Germany) (1944–1963)
- Millé (ex)
- (ex) (Germany) (1945–1959)
German Type IX submarine (fr|[[:fr:Unterseeboot type IX|Unterseeboot type IX]])
- Blaison (ex)
- Bouan (ex)
Type XXI submarine (Germany) (1946–1967)
- (ex U-2518)
Type XXIII submarine (Germany) (1946)
- - (United Kingdom) (1951–1959)
- Sibylle (ex –)
- Saphir (ex –)
- Sirène (ex –)
- Sultane (ex –)
Narval class (1957–1992)
- (Q231)
- (Q232)
- (Q233)
- (Q234)
- (Q237)
- (Q238)
(1958–1981)
- (Q235)
- (Q236)
- (Q239)
- (Q240)
(1964–1996)
- (Q241)
- (Q242)
- (Q243)
- ^[16] (Q245)
- (Q246)
- (Q247)
- ^[17] (Q248)
- (Q249)
- (Q250)
- (Q253)
- (Q254)
(Q251) (1966–1986)

1971 to present

(1971–2008)
- (Q252) (1971–1991)
- (Q255) (1973–1996)
- (Q257) (1974–1998)
- (1976–2005)
- (1980–1999)
- (1985–2008)
(1977–2001)
- (1977–1997)
- (1977–1998)
- (1978–2000)
- (1978–2001)
  - (1984 –)
- (1984–2019)
- Rubis (S601) (1983-2022)
- (1987–2023)

References

Les Sous-Marins de la Marine Nationale (Submarines of the French Navy)
Henri Le Masson Du Nautilus (1800) au Redoutable (Presses de la Cité, Paris, 1969)

External links

Notes and References

News: France will help Brazil develop nuclear-powered submarines, Macron says . 27 March 2024 .
News: O Prosub e o submarino nuclear brasileiro SN-BR . 20 February 2018 .
Web site: Naval Group Rolls Out 2nd Barracuda Type Submarine . Vavasseur . Xavier . Naval News . 27 November 2021 . 23 April 2023.
Web site: French Navy Receives 2nd Barracuda Type Submarine. 12 August 2023. navalnews.com . Vavasseur . Xavier .
Web site: Vavasseur . Xavier . France Launches Third Generation SSBN Program - SNLE 3G . Naval News . 13 May 2021 . 21 February 2021.
Commanded by Jean-Marie Querville (1903–1967) between 1934 and 1936
Commanded by Jean Favreul (1898–1940) between 1939 and 1940
Commanded by Jean-Marie Querville (1903–1967) between 1936 and 1938, and Benoit Lejay (1905–1941) between 1940 and 1941.
Commanded by Georges Cabanier
Commanded by Jean Favreul (1898–1940) in 1933.
Commanded by Bertrand de Sausssine du Pont de Gault (1903–1940)
Commanded by Jean Favreul (1898–1940) between 1937 and 1939.
Commanded by Pierre Lancelot (1901–1957) in 1940.
Commanded by Raymond de Belot (1899–1976) between 1930 and 1933, and Georges Louis Nicolas Blaison (1906–1942) between 1941 and 1942.
Commanded by Jean-Marie Querville (1903–1967) between 1941 and 1943.
Commanded by Bernard de Truchis de Lays (1936–1970)
Commanded by André Fauve (1935–1968)

List of submarines of France explained

In service

Nuclear attack submarines

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

Planned

Nuclear attack submarines

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

Retired from service

1863 to 1903

1904 to 1919

1919 to 1944

1944 to 1971

1971 to present

See also

References

External links

Notes and References