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

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