List of submarines of France

The submarines of France include nuclear attack submarines and nuclear ballistic missile submarines of various classes, operated by the French Navy as part of the French Submarine Forces. France also builds Scorpène-class submarines for international buyers; the Brazilian submarine Álvaro Alberto, a nuclear-powered boat,^[1] will be developed from this platform.^[2]

Each French Navy vessel, including submarines, has their respective fanion insignia for military awards and decorations.

In service

Nuclear attack submarines

Rubis class
1. Améthyste (S605) (1992–present)

Suffren class
1. Suffren (Q284/S635)^[3] (2020–present)
2. Duguay-Trouin (S636)^[4] (2023–present)
3. Tourville (S637) (2024–present)
4. De Grasse (S638) (Delivered June 2026; working up to full operational capability)^[5]

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

Triomphant class
1. Le Triomphant (S616) (1997–present)
2. Le Téméraire (S617) (1999–present)
3. Le Vigilant (S618) (2004–present)
4. Le Terrible (S619) (2010–present)

Planned

Nuclear attack submarines

Suffren class
1. Rubis (Laid down 2019)
2. Casabianca (Laid down 2020)

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

SNLE 3G-class^[6]
1. L'Invincible (first steel cut 2024)

Retired from service

Each French submarine from Gymnote onwards when ordered/constructed was given a sequential hull number (prefixed by the letter 'Q'). The sequence included submarines built in France for foreign navies, accounting for several gaps in the 'Q' numbering below.

1863 to 1903

Plongeur (1863–1872)
Gymnote (Q1) (1888–1908)
Gustave Zédé (Q2) (1893–1909)
Morse (Q3) (1899–1909)
Narval (Q4) (1900–1909)
Sirène class (1901–1919)
- Sirène (Q5)
- Triton (Q6)
- Espadon (Q13)
- Silure (Q14)
Farfadet class (1901–1913)
- Farfadet (Q7) renamed Follet (1908–1913)
- Korrigan (Q8)
- Gnome (Q9)
- Lutin (Q10)
Français class (1901–1914)
- Français (Q11)
- Algérien (Q12)
Naïade class (1903–1914)
- Naïade (Q15)
- Protée (Q16)
- Perle (Q17)
- Esturgeon (Q18)
- Bonite (Q19)
- Thon (Q20)
- Souffleur (Q21)
- Dorade (Q22)
- Lynx (Q23)
- Ludion (Q24)
- Loutre (Q25)
- Castor (Q26)
- Phoque (Q27)
- Otarie (Q28)
- Méduse (Q29)
- Oursin (Q30)
- Grondin (Q31)
- Anguille (Q32)
- Alose (Q33)
- Truite (Q34)

1904 to 1919

Experimental types (varying designs)
X
- X (Q35) – renamed Dauphin 13 February 1911 (1904–1914)
- Z (Q36)
- Y (Q37) – (1905–1909)
Aigrette class (1904–1919)
- Aigrette (Q38)
- Cigogne (Q39)
Argonaute (Q40)
Topaze
Émeraude class (1906–1919)
- Émeraude (Q41)
- Opale (Q42)
- Rubis (Q43)
- Saphir (Q44)
- Topaze (Q45)
- Turquoise (Q46)
Circé
Circé class (1907–1918)
- Circé (Q47)
- Calypso (Q48)
Guêpe class
- Guèpe 1 (Q49)
- Guèpe 2 (Q50)
Pluviôse class
- Pluviôse (Q51)
- Ventôse (Q52)
- Germinal (Q53)
- Floréal (Q54)
- Priarial (Q55)
- Messidor (Q56)
- Thermidor (Q57)
- Fructidor (Q58)
- Vendémiaire (Q59)
- Papin (Q64)
- Fresnel (Q65)
- Berthelot (Q66)
- Monge
  Monge (Q67)
- Ampère (Q68)
- Gay-Lussac (Q69)
- Watt (Q75)
- Cugnot (Q76)
- Giffard (Q77)
Archimède (Q73) (1909–1919)
Charles Brun (Q89) (1911–1915)
Mariotte (Q74) (1911–1915)
Brumaire class (1911–1930)
- Brumaire (Q60)
- Frimaire (Q62)
- Nivôse (Q63)
- Foucault (Q70)
- Euler (Q71)
- Franklin (Q72)
- Faraday (Q78)
- Volta (Q79)
- Newton (Q80)
- Montgolfier (Q81)
- Bernoulli (Q83)
- Joule (Q84)
- Coulomb (Q85)
- Arago (Q86)
- Curie (Q87)
- Le Verrier (Q88)
Amiral Bourgois (Q82) (1912–1919)
Clorinde class (1913–1926)
- Clorinde (Q90)
- Cornélie (Q91)
Gustave Zédé class (1913–1937)
- Gustave Zédé (Q92)
- Néréide (Q93)
Amphitrite class (1914–1935)
- Amphitrite (Q94)
- Astrée (Q95)
- Artémis (Q96)
- Aréthuse (Q97)
- Atalante (Q98)
- Amarante (Q99)
- Ariane (Q100)
- Andromaque (Q101)
Bellone class (1914–1935)
- Bellone (Q102)
- Hermione (Q103)
- Gorgone (Q104)

Dupuy de Lôme class (1915–1935)
- Dupuy de Lôme (Q105)
- Sané (Q106)
Diane class (1915–1935)
- Diane (Q107)
- Daphné (Q108)
Armide class (1915–1935)
- Armide (SD 2) ex-Japanese
- Antigone (SD 3) ex-Greek
- Amazone (SD 4) ex-Greek
Joessel class (1917–1935)
- Joessel (Q109)
- Fulton (Q110)
- Six more of this class (Q115-Q120) were in the 1915 Programme but were cancelled (never named)

Lagrange class (1917–1937)
- Laplace (Q111)
- Lagrange (Q112)
- Regnault (Q113)
- Romazotti (Q114)
UA class (Germany) (1918–1937)
- Jean-Autric (ex U-105)
- Léon Mignot (ex U-108)
- Pierre Marast (ex U-162)
- Jean Roulier (ex U-166)
UE class (Germany) (1918–1935)
- Victor Reveille (ex U-79)
- René Audry (ex U-119)
German Type U 139 submarine (Germany) (1918–1935)
- Helbronn (ex U-139)
German Type UB II submarine (Germany) (1916–1937)
- Roland Morillot (ex UB-23)
- Trinité-Schillemans (ex UB-94)
- Carissan (ex UB-99)
- Jean Corre (ex UB-155)

1919 to 1944

Pierre Chailley

O'Byrne class (1919–1935)
Maurice Callot Minelaying submarine (1922–1936)
Pierre Chailley Minelaying submarine (1923–1936)
600 Series (1925–1946)
- Ariane class (1925–1942)
- Sirène class (1925–1942)
  - Sirène^[7] (Q123)
  - Naïade (Q124)
  - Galatée (Q132)
  - Nymphe (Q133)
- Circé class (1927–1942)
  - Circé (Q125)
  - Calypso (Q126)
  - Thétis (Q134)
  - Doris^[8] (Q135)
- Argonaute class (1932–1946)
  - Aréthuse (NN7)
  - Argonaute (NN6)
  - Atalante (Q162)
  - La Vestale (Q176)
  - La Sultane (Q177)
- Orion class (1932–1943)
  - Orion (Q165)
  - Ondine (Q166)
- Diane class (1932–1946)
  - Diane (NN4)
  - Méduse (NN5)
  - Amphitrite (Q159)
  - Antiope (Q160)
  - Amazone (Q161)
  - Orphée (Q163)
  - Oréade (Q164)
  - La Psyché (Q174)
  - Sibylle (Q175)
Requin class (1926–1946)
- Requin (Q115)
- Souffleur^[9] (Q116)
- Morse
  Morse (Q117)
- Narval (Q118)
- Marsouin (Q119)
- Dauphin (Q120)
- Caïman (Q127)
- Phoque (Q128)
- Espadon (Q129)
Rubis
Saphir class Minelaying submarines (1930–1949)
- Saphir (Q145)
- Turquoise (Q146)
- Nautilus (Q152)
- Rubis^[10] (Q158)
- Diamant^[11] (Q173)
- Perle (Q184)
Redoutable
Redoutable class (1931–1952)
- Type M-5
  - Redoutable (Q136)
  - Vengeur (Q137)
- Type M-6
  - Pascal (Q138)
  - Pasteur (Q139)
  - Henri Poincaré (Q140)
  - Poncelet^[12] (Q141)
  - Archimède (Q142)
  - Fresnel (Q143)
  - Monge (Q144)
  - Achille (Q147)
  - Ajax
    Ajax^[13] (Q148)
  - Actéon (Q149)
  - Achéron (Q150)
  - Argo (Q151)
  - Prométhée
    Prométhée (Q153)
  - Persée (Q154)
  - Protée (Q155)
  - Pégase (Q156)
  - Phénix (Q157)
  - L'Espoir (Q167)
  - Le Glorieux (Q168)
  - Le Centaure (Q169)
  - Le Héros (Q170)
  - Le Conquérant (Q171)
  - Le Tonnant (Q172)
  - Agosta (Q178)
  - Bévéziers^[14] (Q179)
  - Ouessant (Q180)
  - Sidi Ferruch (Q181)
  - Sfax (Q182)
  - Casabianca (Q183)
Surcouf (1934–1942)^[15]

Junon
Minerve class (1936–1954)
- Minerve (Q185)
- Junon^[16] (Q186)
- Vénus (Q187)
- Iris (Q188)
- Pallas (Q189)
- Céres (Q190)
Curie
British U class (1943–1946)
- Curie
- Doris
- Morse
Aurore class (1940–1960)
- Aurore (Q192)
- Créole (Q193)
- Bayadère (Q194) – never completed
- Favorite (Q195)
- Africaine (Q196)
- Astrée (Q200)
- Andromède (Q201)
- Antigone (Q202) – construction abandoned 1940
- Andromaque (Q203) – construction abandoned 1940
- Artémis (Q206)
- Armide (Q207) – construction abandoned 1940
- Hermione (Q211) – construction abandoned 1940
- Gorgone (Q212) – construction abandoned 1940
- Clorinde (Q213) – construction abandoned 1940
- Cornélie (Q214) – construction abandoned 1940
Roland Morillot class (cancelled 1940)
- Roland Morillot (Q191)
- La Praya (Q198)
- La Martinique (Q199)
- La Guadeloupe (Q204)
- La Réunion (Q205)
- unnamed (Q228)
- unnamed (Q229)
- unnamed (Q230)
Émeraude class Minelaying submarines (authorised only, cancelled 1940)
- Émeraude (Q197)
- Agate (Q208)
- Corail (Q209)
- Escarboucle (Q210)
Phénix class (cancelled 1940)
- Vendémiaire (Q215)
- Brumaire (Q216)
- Frimaire (Q217)
- Nivôse (Q218)
- Pluviôse (Q219)
- Ventôse (Q220)
- Germinal (Q221)
- Floréal (Q222)
- Prairial (Q223)
- Messidor (Q224)
- Thermidor (Q225)
- Fructidor (Q226)
- Phénix (Q227)

1944 to 1971

German Type VII submarine (Germany) (1944–1963)
- Millé (ex U-471)
- Laubie (ex U-766) (Germany) (1945–1959)
German Type IX submarine (French: Unterseeboot type IX)
- Blaison (ex U-123)
- Bouan (ex U-510)
Type XXI submarine (Germany) (1946–1967)
- Roland Morillot (ex U-2518)
Type XXIII submarine (Germany) (1946)
- U-2326
Saphir class (United Kingdom) (1951–1959)
- Sibylle (ex – HMS Sportsman)
- Saphir (ex – HMS Satyr)
- Sirène (ex – HMS Spiteful)
- Sultane (ex – HMS Statesman)
Narval class (1957–1992)
- Narval (Q231)
- Marsouin (Q232)
- Dauphin (Q233)
- Requin (Q234)
- Espadon (Q237)
- Morse (Q238)
Aréthuse class (1958–1981)
- Argonaute (Q235)
- Aréthuse (Q236)
- Amazone (Q239)
- Ariane (Q240)
Daphné class (1964–1996)
- Daphné (Q241)
- Diane (Q242)
- Doris (Q243)
- Eurydice^[17] (Q245)
- Flore (Q246)
- Galatée (Q247)
- Minerve^[18] (Q248)
- Junon (Q249)
- Vénus (Q250)
- Psyché (Q253)
- Sirène (Q254)
Gymnote (Q251) (1966–1986)

1971 to present

Redoutable class (1971–2008)
- Le Redoutable (Q252) (1971–1991)
- Le Terrible (Q255) (1973–1996)
- Le Foudroyant (Q257) (1974–1998)
- L'Indomptable (1976–2005)
- Le Tonnant (1980–1999)
- L'Inflexible (1985–2008)
Agosta class (1977–2001)
- Agosta (1977–1997)
- Bévéziers (1977–1998)
- La Praya (1978–2000)
- Ouessant (1978–2001)
Rubis class (1984–)
- Saphir (S602) (1984–2019)
- Rubis (S601) (1983–2022)
- Casabianca (S603) (1987–2023)
- Émeraude (S604) (1988–2024)
- Perle (S606) (1993–2026)

List of submarines of France

In service

Nuclear attack submarines

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

Planned

Nuclear attack submarines

Nuclear ballistic missile submarines

Retired from service

1863 to 1903

1904 to 1919

1919 to 1944

1944 to 1971

1971 to present

See also

Notes

References

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