List of Submarine Classes - France

France

French Navy: Conventional

Early Submarines:

• Plongeur
• Gymnote (Q1)
• Gustave Zédé (Q2)
• Morse (Q3)
• Narval (Q4)
• Sirène class
• Farfadet class
• Morse class
• Naïade class

First World War:

• Aigrette class
• Émeraude class
• Circé class
• Guèpe class
• Pluviose class
• Archimède class
• Charles Brun (Q89)
• Mariotte
• Brumaire class
• Amiral Bourgois (Q82)
• Clorinde class
• Gustave Zédé class
• Amphitrite class
• Bellone class
• Dupuy de Lôme class
• Diane class
• Armide class
• Joessel class

Inter-war:

• O'Byrne class
• Maurice Callot class
• Pierre Chailley class

Second World War:

• 600 and 630 tonnes classes
  • Sirène class
  • Ariane class
  • Circé class
  • Argonaute class
  • Orion class
  • Diane class
• Requin class
• Saphir class
• Redoutable class (oceanic submarines)
• Surcouf class (submarine cruiser)
• Minerve class
• Aurore class (coastal submarines)
• Morillot class
• Émeraude class
• Phénix class
• British U class submarine (transferred to the FNFL)

Cold War:

• Aréthuse class (decommissioned)
• Narval class (decommissioned)
• Daphné class (decommissioned)
• Gymnote (S655) (decommissioned)
• Agosta class (decommissioned in French service)

Nuclear:

• Redoutable-class (SSBN) (decommissioned)
• Rubis class (SSN)
• Inflexible class (SSBN) (upgraded Redoutable) (decommissioned)
• Triomphant-class (SSBN)
• Barracuda class (SSN) (planned for 2017)

Export Models:

• Scorpène class
• SMX-23 class submarine
• Andrasta class submarine