French Fleets
- French Atlantic Fleet (HQ Brest)
- French Mediterranean Fleet (HQ Toulon)
- French American Squadron (HQ Martinique)
- French Indian Ocean Squadron (HQ Réunion)
- French Pacific Fleet (HQ Papeete)
- French Channel Squadron (HQ Brest)
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