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List of submarines of France
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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 French submarines have for military awards and decorations their respective fanion insignia.
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In service
Nuclear attack submarines
- Rubis class
- Améthyste (S605) (1992–present)
- Perle (S606) (1993–present)
- Suffren class
- Suffren (Q284/S635)[3] (2020–present)
- Duguay-Trouin (S636)[4] (2023–present)
- Tourville (S637) (2024–present) (working up to full operational status as of late 2024)
Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
- Triomphant class
- Le Triomphant (S616) (1997–present)
- Le Téméraire (S617) (1999–present)
- Le Vigilant (S618) (2004–present)
- Le Terrible (S619) (2010–present)
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Planned
Nuclear attack submarines
- Suffren class
- De Grasse (Laid down 2014)
- Rubis (Laid down 2019)
- Casabianca (Laid down 2020)
Nuclear ballistic missile submarines
Retired from service
Summarize
Perspective
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)
- Farfadet class (1901–1913)
- Français class (1901–1914)
- Naïade class (1903–1914)
1904 to 1919
- Experimental types (varying designs)
X - Aigrette class (1904–1919)
- Argonaute (Q40)
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Circé - Guêpe class
- Guèpe 1 (Q49)
- Guèpe 2 (Q50)
- Pluviôse class
- Archimède (Q73) (1909–1919)
- Charles Brun (Q89) (1911–1915)
- Mariotte (Q74) (1911–1915)
- Brumaire class (1911–1930)
- Amiral Bourgois (Q82) (1912–1919)
- Clorinde class (1913–1926)
- 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)
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- Dupuy de Lôme class (1915–1935)
- Dupuy de Lôme (Q105)
- Sané (Q106)
- Diane class (1915–1935)
- Armide class (1915–1935)
- Joessel class (1917–1935)
- Lagrange class (1917–1937)
- 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
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- 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)
- Circé class (1927–1942)
- Argonaute class (1932–1946)
- Aréthuse (NN7)
- Argonaute (NN6)
- Atalante (Q162)
- La Vestale (Q176)
- La Sultane (Q177)
- Orion class (1932–1943)
- Diane class (1932–1946)
- Requin class (1926–1946)
Rubis 
Redoutable - Type M-5
- Redoutable (Q136)
- Vengeur (Q137)
- Type M-6
- Pascal (Q138)
- Pasteur (Q139)
- Henri Poincaré (Q140)
- Poncelet[11] (Q141)
- Archimède (Q142)
- Fresnel (Q143)
- Monge (Q144)
- Achille (Q147)
Ajax - Actéon (Q149)
- Achéron (Q150)
- Argo (Q151)
Prométhée - 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[13] (Q179)
- Ouessant (Q180)
- Sidi Ferruch (Q181)
- Sfax (Q182)
- Casabianca (Q183)
- Type M-5
- Surcouf (1934–1942)[14]
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Curie - 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)
- German Type IX submarine (French: Unterseeboot type IX)
- Type XXI submarine (Germany) (1946–1967)
- Roland Morillot (ex U-2518)
- Type XXIII submarine (Germany) (1946)
- 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)
- Gymnote (Q251) (1966–1986)
1971 to present
- Redoutable class (1971–2008)
- Redoutable (Q252) (1971–1991)
- Terrible (Q255) (1973–1996)
- Foudroyant (Q257) (1974–1998)
- Indomptable (1976–2005)
- Tonnant (1980–1999)
- 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)
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