
"France Launches SLAMF Mine Warfare Program but Many Questions Remain".
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^ "Liste des bâtiments de soutien par unité" (in French). Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. ^ "Liste des bâtiments de combat de la Marine nationale par unité" (in French). To be based in Noumea 5 additional vessels to enter service 2023–2025īased in Noumea, to be decommissioned in May 2023 To be replaced from 2025 as part of the acquisition of a new class of ocean-going patrol vessels (“Patrouilleurs Océanique” - PO). Originally entered service as avisos (sloops / light corvettes), reclassified as OPVs in 2012. Icebreaker/support vessel/offshore patrolīased in Réunion co-operated by the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) Administration and the French Navy. Instead, surface combatants of the first rank (such as the Aquitaine class) are named "frigates", though they are registered as destroyers (with hull numbers "Dxxx"). The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" in vessel names. In addition to the above units, the Navy operates 15 patrol ships (supplemented by additional coast guard/ Maritime Gendarmerie vessels), 5 survey vessels, 4 experimentation ships, 4 ocean tugboats and 14 training vessels. Integral to supporting the Force d'Action Navale at sea are the French Navy's 2 replenishment oilers, 16 mine countermeasure vessels and 8 support ships. The submarine force consists of 5 nuclear attack submarines and 4 nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
Primary assets include 1 nuclear aircraft carrier, 3 amphibious assault ships, 4 air-defence-focused destroyers, 6 anti-submarine (ASW)/land attack mission-oriented destroyers, 5 general-purpose frigates, and 6 surveillance frigates. The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force) and the 9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force). This is a list of active French Navy ships.