Ships
- Cassard
- (Penant numbers: 2, 3, 93 and X92)
- named after the 18th Century naval captain Jacques Cassard
- built by at & Ch de Bretagne, Nantes
- completed 10 September 1933,
- Scuttled 27 November 1942
- Chevalier Paul
- (Penant numbers: 3, 2, 53, X52)
- named after 17th century Admiral Chevalier Paul
- built by F & Ch de la Mediterranee, Le Harve
- completed 20 July 1934,
- torpedoed and sunk 16 June 1941
- Kersaint (Penant numbers: 9, 92, X93) -
- named after admiral Armand de Kersaint,
- built by At Ch de la Loire St Nazaire,
- completed 31 December 1933,
- Scuttled 27 November 1942
- Maillé Brézé
- (Penant numbers: 7, 91, X91) -
- named after French admiral Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé,
- built by at & Ch de St Nazaire Panhoet,
- completed 6 April 1933,
- lost by accidental explosion 30 April 1940, Greenock, Scotland
- Tartu (Penant numbers: 1, 51, X51) -
- Named in honour of Jean-François Tartu
- built by At Ch de la Loire St Nazaire,
- completed 31 December 1932,
- Scuttled 27 November 1942.
- Vauquelin
- (Penant numbers: 8, 52, X53) -
- named after Moise Vauquelin,
- built by At Ch de France Dunkirk,
- Completed 3 November 1933,
- Scuttled 27 November 1942
Maillé Brézé was lost on 30 April 1940 after a torpedo accident at Greenock, Scotland, killing 25 of her crew (sabotage was suspected at the time). Chevalier Paul was sunk off the coast of Syria on 16 June 1941, by British torpedo bombers. Vauquelin, Cassard, Kersaint and Tartu were all scuttled in Toulon Harbour on 27 November 1942 to prevent their capture by Germany, these ships were too badly damaged to be salvaged.
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