• Source: List of French current frigates

This is a list of frigates in service with the French Navy as of 2024:




First rank frigates


The French Navy does not use the term "destroyer" but rather classifies these vessels as "first-rate frigates". Nevertheless, they are identified with the NATO "D" designation which ranks them in the destroyer class, instead of ranking them with an "F" designation as frigates. As of 2023, all French warships are having their hull numbers removed in order to reduce the ability to identify individual ships.

Horizon class - 2 ships (primary air defence role)
D620 Forbin
D621 Chevalier Paul
Aquitaine class - 8 ships (6 primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) /land attack role; 2 primary air defence/ASW role)
D650 Aquitaine
D652 Provence
D653 Languedoc
D654 Auvergne
D655 Bretagne
D651 Normandie
D656 Alsace (primary air defence/ASW role)
D657 Lorraine (primary air defence/ASW role)
Amiral Ronarc'h class - 1 ship (four more ordered; dual ASW/air defence role)
D660 Amiral Ronarc'h (on sea trials as of late 2024)




Second rank frigates



Three La Fayette class (La Fayette, Courbet and Aconit) warships have been upgraded, with the incorporation of a hull-mounted sonar and the modernization of various other systems.

La Fayette class - 5 ships (general purpose/escort role)
F710 La Fayette
F711 Surcouf
F712 Courbet
F713 Aconit
F714 Guépratte
Floréal class - 6 ships (sovereignty protection/patrol role for French overseas territories)
F730 Floréal
F731 Prairial
F732 Nivôse
F733 Ventôse
F734 Vendémiaire
F735 Germinal




See also


French Navy
List of French sail frigates
List of French steam frigates
List of French modern frigates




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of French current frigates
• List of active French Navy ships
• List of steam frigates of France
• List of sail frigates of France
• List of frigate classes
• List of current Greek frigates
• French Frigate Shoals
• FREMM multipurpose frigate
• Project 17B-class frigate
• Frigate