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==Personnel==
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The '''French Navy''', officially the '''Marine Royale''' (French: ''Royal Navy''), is the maritime arm of the French military. It consists of a full range of vessels, from patrol boats to guided missile frigates, and includes three nuclear aircraft carriers and thirty nuclear submarines (twelve of which are SLBM-capable).
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:Active: 170,000
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:Reserve: 64,000
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==The fleet==
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The motto of the ''French Navy is Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline'' ("Honor, Homeland, Valor, Discipline"). These words are found on the deck of every ship of the Navy. The Chief of the General Staff is Admiral Alain Oudot de Dainville.
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===Aircraft carriers===
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* 1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford_class_aircraft_carrier Louis XIV class] supercarrier
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** 50 Rafale M multirole fighters
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** 20 Super Étendard strike fighters
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** 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
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** 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
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** 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
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** 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
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** 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
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** 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
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** 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
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* 2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz_class_aircraft_carrier Henri de la Rochejaquelein class] carriers
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** 45 Rafale M multirole fighters
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** 15 Super Étendard strike fighters
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** 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
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** 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
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** 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
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** 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
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** 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
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** 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
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** 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
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* 5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_%28R_91%29 Charles XI class class] carriers
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** 20 Rafale M multirole fighters
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** 8 Super Étendard strike fighters
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** 2 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
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** 10 Eurocopter Dauphin transport/utility helicopters
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===Projection and command vessels===
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* 20 Mistral class landing platform docks
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** 35 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters
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*3 Richelieu class battleships
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*8 Orleans class cruisers
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===Helicopter carriers===
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==Ranks==
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* 18 Jeanne d'Arc helicopter carriers
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The following are the ranks of the French National Navy, showing the French rank, the English translation, and the equivalent in the Royal Navy and the English language rank system of the Canadian Navy.
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** 4 Westland Super Lynx 300 maritime attack helicopters
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** 2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
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** 2 Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopters
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** 2 Aérospatiale Alouette III light utility helicopters
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===Submarines===
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===Officers===
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* 5 Le Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines
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{|width="100%"
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* 10 Le Triomphant class ballistic missile submarines
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!width="16%" align="center" |French Rank (in French)
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* 6 Rubis class nuclear attack submarines
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!width="16%" align="center" |French Rank (in English)
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* 4 Barracuda class nuclear attack submarines
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!width="16%" align="center" |Equivalent RN Rank
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* 30 Scorpène class diesel-electric attack submarines
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|align="center" |''Amiral''
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|align="center" |Admiral
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|align="center" |Admiral
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|align="center" |''Vice-amiral d'escadre''
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|align="center" |Squadron Vice-Admiral
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|align="center" |Vice-Admiral
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|-
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|align="center" |''Vice-amiral''
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|align="center" |Vice-Admiral
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|align="center" |Rear Admiral
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|align="center" |''Contre-amiral''
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|align="center" |Rear Admiral
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|align="center" |Commodore
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|align="center" |''Capitaine de vaisseau''
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|align="center" |Ship-of-the-Line Captain
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|align="center" |Captain
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|align="center" |''Capitaine de frégate''
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|align="center" |Frigate Captain
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|align="center" |Commander
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|align="center" |''Capitaine de corvette''
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|align="center" |Corvette Captain
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|align="center" |Lieutenant-Commander
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|align="center" |''Lieutenant de vaisseau''
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|align="center" |Ship-of-the-Line Lieutenant
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|align="center" |Lieutenant
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|align="center" |''Enseigne de vaisseau de première classe''
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|align="center" |Ship-of-the-Line Ensign First Class
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|align="center" |Sub-Lieutenant
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|align="center" |''Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe''
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|align="center" |Ship-of-the-Line Ensign Second Class
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|align="center" |Acting Sub-Lieutenant
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|align="center" |''Aspirant''
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|align="center" |Aspirant
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|align="center" |Midshipman
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===First rank frigates (destroyers)===
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===Majors===
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* 12 Cassard class anti-air frigates
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* ''Major'' is equivalent to a Royal Navy Warrant Officer 1.
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* 10 Suffren class anti-air frigates
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* 14 Georges Leygues class anti-submarine frigates
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* 11 Tourville class anti-submarine frigates
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===Second rank frigates===
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===Officers mariniers / Non-commissioned Officers===
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* 30 La Fayette class light multi-mission frigates
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* ''Maître principal'', in English: "Principal Master", is equivalent to a Royal Navy Warrant Officer 2.
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* 15 Floréal class light frigates
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* ''Premier maître'', in English: "First Master", is equivalent to a Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer
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* ''Maître'', in English: "Master", is is equivalent to a Royal Navy Petty Officer.
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* ''Second-maître'', in English: "Second Master", is is equivalent to a Royal Navy Petty Officer, but more junior.
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===Patrol ships===
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===Militaires du rang (équipage)- Junior ranks===
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* 30 P400 class patrol vessels
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* ''Quartier-maître de première classe'', in English: "Quarter-master First Class"  is equivalent to a Royal Navy Leading Seaman
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* 20 Flamant class patrol vessels
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* ''Quartier-maître de deuxième classe'', in English: "Quarter-master Second Class" is equivalent to a Royal Navy Able Seaman
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* ''Matelot breveté'', in English: "Certified Mate", is equivalent to a Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman
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===Minesweepers===
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==Equipment==
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* 18 Tripartite class minehunters
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===Ships===
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====Aircraft carriers====
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*3 Louis XIV class supercarriers
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**50 Dassault Rafale M multirole fighters
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**15 Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard attack aircraft
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**11 Eurocopter Dauphin SA 365C transport/utility helicopters
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**4 E-2C Hawkeye AEW aircraft
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**2 Aérospatiale N 262 twin-prop transports
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**6 Aérospatiale Super Frelon heavy transport helicopters
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***3 SA 321G ASW helicopters
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***3 SA 321Ga utility/assault helicopters
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**12 Eurocopter Panther utility helicopters
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***4 AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopters
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***4 AS 565 MA/MB naval search and rescue helicopters
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***4 AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopters
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===Auxillaries===
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====Projection and command vessels====
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* 9 Foudre LPD (Landing Platform Dock)
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*6 Mistral class landing platform docks
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* 16 BATRAL light transport ships
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**12 NHI NH90 transport/utility helicopters
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* 25 Sabre class landing craft
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***6 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
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* 12 Abeille Flandre class high sea tugs
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***6 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter)
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* 5 Dupuy de Lôme class intelligence ships
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**4 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters
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* 4 Lapérouse class oceanography ships
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* 3 Jules Verne mobile mechanics ships
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* 10 Durance class tankers
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* 14 BSM class support ships
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====Helicopter cruisers====
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*3 Jeanne d'Arc class helicopter cruisers
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**2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
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**2 Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopters
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**6 Eurocopter Panther AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopters
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====Submarines====
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*12 Le Triomphant class SSBN
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*18 Barracuda class SSN
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====First rank frigates (destroyers)====
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*6 Cassard class anti-air frigates
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**1 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
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*6 Suffren class anti-air frigates
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*21 Georges Leygues class multirole frigates
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**2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
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*6 Tourville class anti-air/anti-surface frigates
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**2 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
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====Second rank frigates====
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*15 La Fayette class light multimission frigates
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**1 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
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*18 Floréal class light sentry frigates
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**1 Eurocopter Panther AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopter
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====Patrol ships====
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*3 Albatros class patrol vessels
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*30 L'Audacieuse class patrol vessels
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*3 Sterne class patrol vessels
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*9 Flamant class patrol vessels
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*6 Aramis class patrol vessels
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====Minesweepers====
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*39 Tripartite class minehunters
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*9 Achéron class minesweepers
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====Landing Platform Dock (LPD)====
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*6 Foudre class LPD
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**4 Eurocopter Panther utility helicopters
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***2 AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopters
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***1 AS 565 MA/MB naval search and rescue helicopter
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***1 AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopter
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====Light transport ships====
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*15 BATRAL class small landing ships
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====Landing craft====
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*12 Sabre class landing craft
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*48 ''Chalands de transport de matériel'' (CTM)
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====High sea tugs====
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*18 Abeille Flandre class tugs
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*6 Estérel class tugs
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*9 Malabar class tugs
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*3 Actif class tugs
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====Trial, experimentation, and intelligence ships====
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*''Monge''
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*''Denti''
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*''Thétis''
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*''Poseidon''
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*''Bougainville''
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*''Dupuy de Lôme''
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====Hydrography and Oceanography====
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*3 Beautemps-Beaupré class oceanography ships
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*12 Lapérouse class hydrography ships
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====Support ships====
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*3 Jules Verne class mobile mechanics ships
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*12 Durance class fleet replenishment oilers
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*15 BSM class support ships
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====School ships====
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*''Belle Poule'' (sail ship)
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*''Étoile'' (sail ship)
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*''Mutin'' (sail ship)
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*''La Grande Hermine'' (sail ship)
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*8 Léopard class training ships
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*''D'Entrecasteaux''
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*8 Glycine class training ships
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===Aircraft===
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*Dassault Rafale M multirole fighter
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*Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard attack aircraft
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*Breguet Atlantique maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft
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*Westland Lynx utility/attack helicopter
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**Lynx HAS.4(FN) ASW helicopter
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**HMA.8 "Super Lynx" maritime attack helicopter
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**HMA.8(DSP) ('''D'''igital '''S'''ignal '''P'''rocessor)
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**HMA.8(DAS) ('''D'''efensive '''A'''ids '''S'''ubsystem)
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**HMA.8(SATURN) ('''S'''econd-generation '''A'''nti-jam '''T'''actical '''U'''HF '''R'''adio for '''N'''ATO)
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*Eurocopter Dauphin SA 365C transport/utility helicopter
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*E-2C Hawkeye AEW aircraft
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*Aérospatiale N 262 twin-prop transport
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*Aérospatiale Super Frelon heavy transport helicopter
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**SA 321G ASW helicopter
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**SA 321Ga utility/assault helicopter
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*Eurocopter Panther utility helicopter
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**AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopter
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**AS 565 MA/MB naval search and rescue helicopter
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**AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopter
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*NHI NH90 transport/utility helicopters
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**NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
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**TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter)
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*Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter
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*Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopter
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*Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopter
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[[Category:Military of France|Navy, French]]
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[[Category:Navies|France]]

Current revision as of 00:07, 6 September 2013

The French Navy, officially the Marine Royale (French: Royal Navy), is the maritime arm of the French military. It consists of a full range of vessels, from patrol boats to guided missile frigates, and includes three nuclear aircraft carriers and thirty nuclear submarines (twelve of which are SLBM-capable).

The motto of the French Navy is Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline ("Honor, Homeland, Valor, Discipline"). These words are found on the deck of every ship of the Navy. The Chief of the General Staff is Admiral Alain Oudot de Dainville.

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[edit] Ranks

The following are the ranks of the French National Navy, showing the French rank, the English translation, and the equivalent in the Royal Navy and the English language rank system of the Canadian Navy.

[edit] Officers

French Rank (in French) French Rank (in English) Equivalent RN Rank
Amiral Admiral Admiral
Vice-amiral d'escadre Squadron Vice-Admiral Vice-Admiral
Vice-amiral Vice-Admiral Rear Admiral
Contre-amiral Rear Admiral Commodore
Capitaine de vaisseau Ship-of-the-Line Captain Captain
Capitaine de frégate Frigate Captain Commander
Capitaine de corvette Corvette Captain Lieutenant-Commander
Lieutenant de vaisseau Ship-of-the-Line Lieutenant Lieutenant
Enseigne de vaisseau de première classe Ship-of-the-Line Ensign First Class Sub-Lieutenant
Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe Ship-of-the-Line Ensign Second Class Acting Sub-Lieutenant
Aspirant Aspirant Midshipman

[edit] Majors

  • Major is equivalent to a Royal Navy Warrant Officer 1.

[edit] Officers mariniers / Non-commissioned Officers

  • Maître principal, in English: "Principal Master", is equivalent to a Royal Navy Warrant Officer 2.
  • Premier maître, in English: "First Master", is equivalent to a Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer
  • Maître, in English: "Master", is is equivalent to a Royal Navy Petty Officer.
  • Second-maître, in English: "Second Master", is is equivalent to a Royal Navy Petty Officer, but more junior.

[edit] Militaires du rang (équipage)- Junior ranks

  • Quartier-maître de première classe, in English: "Quarter-master First Class" is equivalent to a Royal Navy Leading Seaman
  • Quartier-maître de deuxième classe, in English: "Quarter-master Second Class" is equivalent to a Royal Navy Able Seaman
  • Matelot breveté, in English: "Certified Mate", is equivalent to a Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Ships

[edit] Aircraft carriers

  • 3 Louis XIV class supercarriers
    • 50 Dassault Rafale M multirole fighters
    • 15 Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard attack aircraft
    • 11 Eurocopter Dauphin SA 365C transport/utility helicopters
    • 4 E-2C Hawkeye AEW aircraft
    • 2 Aérospatiale N 262 twin-prop transports
    • 6 Aérospatiale Super Frelon heavy transport helicopters
      • 3 SA 321G ASW helicopters
      • 3 SA 321Ga utility/assault helicopters
    • 12 Eurocopter Panther utility helicopters
      • 4 AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopters
      • 4 AS 565 MA/MB naval search and rescue helicopters
      • 4 AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopters

[edit] Projection and command vessels

  • 6 Mistral class landing platform docks
    • 12 NHI NH90 transport/utility helicopters
      • 6 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
      • 6 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter)
    • 4 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters

[edit] Helicopter cruisers

  • 3 Jeanne d'Arc class helicopter cruisers
    • 2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
    • 2 Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopters
    • 6 Eurocopter Panther AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopters

[edit] Submarines

  • 12 Le Triomphant class SSBN
  • 18 Barracuda class SSN

[edit] First rank frigates (destroyers)

  • 6 Cassard class anti-air frigates
    • 1 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
  • 6 Suffren class anti-air frigates
  • 21 Georges Leygues class multirole frigates
    • 2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
  • 6 Tourville class anti-air/anti-surface frigates
    • 2 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)

[edit] Second rank frigates

  • 15 La Fayette class light multimission frigates
    • 1 NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
  • 18 Floréal class light sentry frigates
    • 1 Eurocopter Panther AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopter

[edit] Patrol ships

  • 3 Albatros class patrol vessels
  • 30 L'Audacieuse class patrol vessels
  • 3 Sterne class patrol vessels
  • 9 Flamant class patrol vessels
  • 6 Aramis class patrol vessels

[edit] Minesweepers

  • 39 Tripartite class minehunters
  • 9 Achéron class minesweepers

[edit] Landing Platform Dock (LPD)

  • 6 Foudre class LPD
    • 4 Eurocopter Panther utility helicopters
      • 2 AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopters
      • 1 AS 565 MA/MB naval search and rescue helicopter
      • 1 AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopter

[edit] Light transport ships

  • 15 BATRAL class small landing ships

[edit] Landing craft

  • 12 Sabre class landing craft
  • 48 Chalands de transport de matériel (CTM)

[edit] High sea tugs

  • 18 Abeille Flandre class tugs
  • 6 Estérel class tugs
  • 9 Malabar class tugs
  • 3 Actif class tugs

[edit] Trial, experimentation, and intelligence ships

  • Monge
  • Denti
  • Thétis
  • Poseidon
  • Bougainville
  • Dupuy de Lôme

[edit] Hydrography and Oceanography

  • 3 Beautemps-Beaupré class oceanography ships
  • 12 Lapérouse class hydrography ships

[edit] Support ships

  • 3 Jules Verne class mobile mechanics ships
  • 12 Durance class fleet replenishment oilers
  • 15 BSM class support ships

[edit] School ships

  • Belle Poule (sail ship)
  • Étoile (sail ship)
  • Mutin (sail ship)
  • La Grande Hermine (sail ship)
  • 8 Léopard class training ships
  • D'Entrecasteaux
  • 8 Glycine class training ships

[edit] Aircraft

  • Dassault Rafale M multirole fighter
  • Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard attack aircraft
  • Breguet Atlantique maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft
  • Westland Lynx utility/attack helicopter
    • Lynx HAS.4(FN) ASW helicopter
    • HMA.8 "Super Lynx" maritime attack helicopter
    • HMA.8(DSP) (Digital Signal Processor)
    • HMA.8(DAS) (Defensive Aids Subsystem)
    • HMA.8(SATURN) (Second-generation Anti-jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO)
  • Eurocopter Dauphin SA 365C transport/utility helicopter
  • E-2C Hawkeye AEW aircraft
  • Aérospatiale N 262 twin-prop transport
  • Aérospatiale Super Frelon heavy transport helicopter
    • SA 321G ASW helicopter
    • SA 321Ga utility/assault helicopter
  • Eurocopter Panther utility helicopter
    • AS 565 UA/UB utility helicopter
    • AS 565 MA/MB naval search and rescue helicopter
    • AS 565 SA/SB ASW helicopter
  • NHI NH90 transport/utility helicopters
    • NFH (NATO Frigate Helicopter)
    • TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter)
  • Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter
  • Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopter
  • Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopter
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