List of French modern frigates

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The list of French modern frigates covers ships acquired or built between 1925 and the present day. This list is not comprehensive. In France, "destroyers" are called "contre-torpilleurs" or "first rank frigates"; hence, destroyer-size ships might be listed here. During the 1940s, frigate-size ships were called "torpilleurs".

Bourrasque class
- Orage (1926)
- Ouragan (1927)
- Simoun (1926)
- Tramontane (1927)
- Trombe (1927)
- Bourrasque (1926)
- Cyclone (1927)
- Mistral (1927)
- Siroco (1927)
- Tempête (1926)
- Typhon (1928)
- Tornade (1928)
Adroit class
- Mars (1926)
- Le Fortuné (1926)
- Palme (1926)
- La Railleuse (1926)
- Alcyon (1926)
- L'Adroit (1927)
- Boulonnais (1928)
- Brestois (1928)
- Bordelais (1930)
- Basque (1930)
- Forbin (1930)
- Fougueux (1930)
- Foudroyant (1931)
- Frondeur (1931)
Aigle class
- Albatros (F762, 1931)
Hardi class
- Hardi (1938)
- Fleuret (1938)
- L'Adroit (ex-Épée) (1938)
- Mameluck (1939)
- Casque (1938)
- Lansquenet (1939)
- Siroco (ex-Corsaire) (1939)
- Bison (ex-Flibustier) (1939)
La Melpomène class
- La Melpomène (1936)
- La Flore (1936)
- La Pomone (1936)
- L'Iphigénie (1936)
- La Bayonnaise (1938)
- La Cordelière (1938)
- L'Incomprise (1938)
- La Pousuivante (1937)
- Bombarde (1937)
- Branlebas (1938)
- Bouclier (1938)
- Baliste (1938)
Bougainville class
- La Grandière (ex-Ville d'Ys) (F731, 1940)
- Dumont d'Urville (F732, 1932)
- Savorgnan de Brazza (F733, 1933)
Chamois class
- Annamite (F734, 1940)
- Chevreuil (F735, 1939)
- Gazelle (F736, 1939)
- Bisson (F737, 1947)
- Cdt Amyot d'Inville (F738, 1947)
- Cdt de Pimodan (F739, 1947)
Elan class
- Cdt Bory (F740, 1939)
- Cdt Delage (F741, 1939)
- Cdt Domine (F742, 1940)
- Cdt Duboc (F743, 1939)
- La Boudeuse (F744, 1940)
- La Capricieuse (F745, 1940)
- La Gracieuse (F746, 1940)
- La Moqueuse (F747, 1940)
- Elan (F748, 1939)
La Combattante (1943)
Alsacien (1942)
Lorrain (1943)
Cannon class
- Algérien (F701, 1943)
- Sénégalais (F702, 1943)
- Somali (F703, 1944)
- Hova (F704, 1944)
- Marocain (F705, 1944)
- Tunisien (F706, 1943)
River class
- Croix de Lorraine (F710, 1943)
- L'Aventure (F707, 1944)
- L'Escarmouche (F709, 1944)
- La Découverte (F712, 1943)
- La Surprise (F708, 1944)
- Tonkinois (F711, 1943)
Tacoma class
- Mermoz (F714) (1947)
- La Place (F713) (1947)
- Le Brix (F715) (1947)
- Le Verrier (F716) (1947)
Francis Garnier (F730, 1948)
Cannon class
- Arabe (F717) (1950)
- Kabyle (F718) (1950)
- Bambara (F719) (1950)
- Sakalave (F720) (1950)
- Touareg (F721) (1950)
- Soudanais (F722) (1950)
- Berbère (F723) (1952)
- Malgache (F724) (1952)
Le Corse class
- Le Corse (F761, 1955)
- Le Brestois (F762, 1956)
- Le Boulonnais (F763, 1956)
- Le Bordelais (F764, 1955)
Le Normand class
- Le Normand (F765, 1956)
- Le Picard (F766, 1956)
- Le Gascon (F767, 1957)
- Le Lorrain (F768, 1957)
- Le Bourguignon (F769, 1957)
- Le Champenois (F770, 1957)
- Le Savoyard (F771, 1957)
- Le Breton (F772, 1957)
- Le Basque (F773, 1957)
- L'Agenais (F774, 1958)
- Le Béarnais (F775, 1958)
- L'Alsacien (F776, 1960)
- Le Provencal (F777, 1959)
- Le Vendéen (F778, 1960)
Commandant Rivière class
- Victor Schoelcher (F725, 1962)
- Commandant Bory (F726, 1964)
- Doudart de Lagrée (F728, 1963)
- Balny (F729, 1966)
- Commandant Rivière (F733, 1962)
- Commandant Bourdais (F740, 1963)
- Protet (F748, 1964)
- Enseigne de vaisseau Henry (F749, 1965)
L'Ardent (P635, 1958)
L'Intrepide (P636, 1958)
L'Étourdi (P637, 1958)
L'Effronté (P638, 1959)
Le Frondeur (P639, 1959)
Le Fringant (P640, 1959)
L'opiniâtre (P644, 1954)
Le Fougueux (P641, 1954)
L'Agile (P642, 1954)
L'Adroit (P643, 1957)
L'Alerte (P645, 1957)
L'Attentif (P646, 1957)
L'Enjoue (P647, 1957)
Le Hardi (P648, 1958)
Amiral Mouchez (F752, 1937)
Paul Goffeny (F754, 1948)
Cdt Robert Giraud (F755, 1947)
D'Estienne d'Orves class
- D'Estienne d'Orves (F781, 1976)
- Amyot d'Inville (F782, 1976)
- Drogou (F783, 1976)
- Detroyat (F784, 1977)
- Jean Moulin (F785, 1977)
- Quartier-Maître Anquetil (F786, 1977)
- Commandant de Pimodan (F787, 1978)
- Second-Maitre Le Bihan (F788, 1978)
- Lieutenant de vaisseau Le Henaff (F789, 1979)
- Lieutenant de vaisseau Lavallée (F790, 1980)
- Premier-maître l'Her (F792, 1981)

Sources and references

Conway : Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980) ISBN 0-85177-146-7
Whitley, MH : Destroyers of World War Two (1988) ISBN 1-85409-521-8
(in French) Bâtiments désarmés on NetMarine.net

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List of French modern frigates

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