French Navy

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Revision as of 20:24, 28 August 2007

Personnel

• Active: 226,000
• Reserve: 85,000

The fleet

Aircraft carriers

• 1 Louis XIV class supercarrier
  • 50 Rafale M multirole fighters
  • 20 Super Étendard strike fighters
  • 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
  • 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
  • 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
  • 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
  • 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
• 2 Henri de la Rochejaquelein class supercarriers
  • 45 Rafale M multirole fighters
  • 15 Super Étendard strike fighters
  • 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
  • 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
  • 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
  • 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
  • 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
  • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
• 5 Charles XI class class carriers
  • 20 Rafale M multirole fighters
  • 8 Super Étendard strike fighters
  • 2 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
  • 10 Eurocopter Dauphin transport/utility helicopters

Projection and command vessels

• 20 Mistral class landing platform docks
  • 35 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters
• 3 Richelieu class battleships
• 8 Orleans class cruisers

Helicopter carriers

• 18 Jeanne d'Arc helicopter carriers
  • 4 Westland Super Lynx 300 maritime attack helicopters
  • 2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
  • 2 Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopters
  • 2 Aérospatiale Alouette III light utility helicopters

Submarines

• 5 Le Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines
• 10 Le Triomphant class ballistic missile submarines
• 6 Rubis class nuclear attack submarines
• 4 Barracuda class nuclear attack submarines
• 30 Scorpène class diesel-electric attack submarines

First rank frigates (destroyers)

• 12 Cassard class anti-air frigates
• 10 Suffren class anti-air frigates
• 14 Georges Leygues class anti-submarine frigates
• 11 Tourville class anti-submarine frigates

Second rank frigates

• 30 La Fayette class light multi-mission frigates
• 15 Floréal class light frigates

Patrol ships

• 30 P400 class patrol vessels
• 20 Flamant class patrol vessels

Minesweepers

• 18 Tripartite class minehunters

Auxillaries

• 9 Foudre LPD (Landing Platform Dock)
• 16 BATRAL light transport ships
• 25 Sabre class landing craft
• 12 Abeille Flandre class high sea tugs
• 5 Dupuy de Lôme class intelligence ships
• 4 Lapérouse class oceanography ships
• 3 Jules Verne mobile mechanics ships
• 10 Durance class tankers
• 14 BSM class support ships