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http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postedeschoufs.com%2Fpinpin%2FLes%2520batiments%2FPendant_apres_guerre%2FFlotte%252039%252040%2F15%2520batiments_auxiliaires.htm&lp=fr_en&.intl=us&fr=yfp-t-701 http://www.frenchlines.com/index_en.php http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cunard.html http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/mixte.htm http://www.warshipsww2.eu/givetbl.php?language=E&hist=USN_1945_1E La marine française et la guerre 1939 - 1945, Philippe MASSON, Paris: Tallandier, 1991 ISBN 2-225020410 Marine Nationale Française September 3, 1939 Paris, France Marine Nationale Française (Amiral de Flotte Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brest, France Raiding Force (Force de Raid) (Amiral Marcel Bruno Gensoul commanding Raiding Force and 1st Squadron; flagship Battlecruiser (Croiseur de bataille) Dunkerque) 1st Squadron Aircraft Carrier Béarn (CV) Aircraft carried: 35-40 1st Line Division Battlecruiser (Croiseur de bataille) Dunkerque (BC) 2x Loire L.130 flying boat/recon, Loire 1x L.210 shipboard fighter seaplane Battlecruiser (Croiseur de bataille) Strasbourg (BC) 2x Loire L.130 flying boat/recon, Loire 1x L.210 shipboard fighter seaplane 4th Cruiser Division Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Georges Leygues (CL) 2x Loire L.130 flying boat/recon Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Gloire (CL) 2x Loire L.130 flying boat/recon Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Montcalm (CL) 2x Loire L.130 flying boat/recon 2nd Light Squadron 6th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Mogador (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Volta (DL) 8th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Le Malin (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Le Triomphant (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) L'Indomptable (DL) 10th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) L'Audacieux (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Le Fantasque (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Le Terrible (DL) Oran, Algeria 2nd Squadron (Vice Amiral E L H Ollive; flagship Battleship (Cuirassé) Provence) Battleship (Cuirassé) Provence (BB) 2nd Line Division Battleship (Cuirassé) Bretagne (BB) Battleship (Cuirassé) Lorraine (BB) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) 1st Destroyer Flotilla 1st Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Palme (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Le Mars (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Tempête (DD) 3rd Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Railleuse (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Le Fortuné (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Simoun (DD) 7th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Tornade (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Tramontane (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Typhon (DD) Toulon, France 3rd Squadron (Vice Amiral E A H Duplat; Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Algérie) 1st Cruiser Division Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Algérie (CA) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Foch (CA) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Dupleix (CA) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) 2nd Cruiser Division Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Colbert (CA) ((2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Duquesne (CA) ((2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Tourville (CA) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) 3rd Light Squadron 5th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Le Chevalier Paul (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Tartu (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Vauquelin (DL) 7th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Albatros (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Gerfaut (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Vautour (DL) 9th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Cassard (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Kersaint (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Maillé Brézé (DL) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunkerque, France Amiral North (Amiral Raoul V P Castex) ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Diligente (AVP) (Friponne class) attached to naval aviation 06/03/40 seized by the British at Portsmouth, England 11th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Branlebas (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Cordelière (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) L'Incomprise (DD) Boulogne, France Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Belfort (PS) (Amiens class) attached to naval aviation 07/03/40 seized by British at Plymouth Cherbourg, France Mine Layer (Mouilleur de Mines) Pollux (CM) depot ship for port flotilla and MTB's 1st Sloop Squadron Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Amiral Mouchez (PS) (Armed Survey Vessel) Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Arras (PS) (Amiens class) 07/03/40 captured by British in Portsmouth Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Gaston Rivier (ex Ortolan) (PS) (Mauviette class) (1920 Hydrographic Ship) Escort (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Flamant (ex Quentin Roosevelt) (PS) (Flamant class) (Fishery Protection ship) 07/03/40 captured by British 16th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Amazone (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Antiope (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) La Sibylle (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Orphée (SS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brest, France Admiral West (Amiral Ouest) (Vice Amiral Jean J J de Laborde) Admiral West 2nd Naval Region (IIe Région Maritime) (Vice Amiral M E F Traub) 3rd Line Division Battlecruiser (Croiseur de bataille) Courbet (BC) Battlecruiser (Croiseur de bataille) Paris (BC) 2nd Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Chacal (DL) 09/03/39 - 10/20/39 repairing at Brest, France Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Jaguar (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Léopard (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Panthère (DL) (detached from 4th Large Destroyer Division) 2nd Destroyer Squadron 2nd Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Fougueux (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Frondeur (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) L'Adroit (DD) 4th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Bourrasque (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Orage (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Ouragan (DD) 5th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Boulonnais (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Brestois (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Foudroyant (DD) 6th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Cyclone (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Mistral (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Sirocco (DD) 4th Submarine Squadron Submarine Surcouf (SS) (1x Besson MB-411 recon seaplane for submarine) (from 4th Submarine Squadron) 08/28/39 - 09/06/39 en-route from Dakar, le Sénégal to Fort de France, Martinique under direct orders from the Naval Staff 2nd Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Achille (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Casabianca (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Pasteur (SS) repairing until end of first week of September Submarine (Sous-marin) Sfax (SS) repairing until end of third week of September 4th Submarine Division (detached to Amiral South) 6th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Ajax (SS) 09/03/39 - 01/40 repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Archimède (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Persée (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Poncelet (SS) 8th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Agosta (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Bévéziers (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Ouessant (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Sidi Ferruch (SS) 2nd Sloop Squadron Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Coucy (PS) (Amiens class) 07/03/40 seized by the British at Plymouth Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Épinal (PS) (Amiens class) 07/03/40 seized by the British at Portsmouth Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Vauquois (PS) (Amiens class) 06/18/40 sunk by a Magnetic mine off Brest, France Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Somme (PS) (Marne class) 10/31/40 disarmed at Port-Lyautey, Morocco 10/14/41 Stricken Mine Sweeping Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Suippe (ex-M432) (PMS) (Suippe class) 07/03/40 seized by the British at Falmouth Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Commandant Duboc (PMS) (Elan class) 07/03/40 seized by British at Plymouth, England Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Commandant Rivière (PMS) (Elan class) working up at Lorient 08/12/42 Bizerte, Tunisia captured by Italy Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Élan (PMS) (Elan class) working up at Brest, France; 06/41 interned in Turkey ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorient, France Admiral West 5th Naval Region (Ve Région maritime) (Vice Amiral H L M De Penfentyo de Kervereguin) 14th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Bouclier (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Melpomène (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Flore (DD) 5th Sloop Squadron ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Luronne (PS) (Luronne class) 04/41 Broken Up Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Ailette (PS) (Ailette class) 10/31/40 disarmed at Port-Lyautey, Marocco Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Dubourdieu (PS) (Dubourdieu class) 10/28/40 Disarmed at Port-Lyautey, Marocco Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso) (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Chamois (PM) (Chamois class) 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso) (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Commandant Bory (PM) (Elan class) 11/04/42 captured by the Allies and rejoined the Allied cause Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso) (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Curieuse (PM) (Elan class) 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Le Chevreuil (PM) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toulon, France Admiral South (Amiral Jean Pierre Estava) Admiral South 3rd Naval Region (IIIe région maritime) (Vice Amiral E L H Ollive) Mine Sweeping Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Meulière (PMS) (Albâtre class) 05/23/41 wrecked off Ajjacio, Corsica 4th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Tigre (DL) 09/03/39 - 10/15/39 repairing Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Lynx (DL) 13th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Baliste (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Bayonnaise (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Poursuivante (DD) 3rd Sloop Squadron ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Dédaigneuse (PS) (Ardent class) 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Amiens (PS) (Amiens class) Cherbourg, France tender for Patrol craft and MTBs 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Lassigny (PS) (Amiens class) 10/41 stricken from the list Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Les Eparges (PS) (Amiens class) 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France 1st Submarine Flotilla 3rd Submarine Squadron 1st Submarine Division Submarine Le Conquèrant (SS) Submarine Le Glorieux (SS) Submarine Le Héros (SS) Submarine Le Tonnant (SS) 09/03/39 - 11/39 repairing 3rd Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Achéron (SS) 09/03/39 – 09/12/39 repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Actéon (SS) 09/03/39 – 12/01/39 repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Fresnel (SS) 09/03/39 – 09/12/39 repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Protée (SS) 09/03/39 – 12/01/39 repairing 5th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) L'Espoir (SS) 09/03/39 – 10/22/39 repairing Saigon, French Indochina 10/22/39 – 12/39 en-route from Saigon, French Indochina to Toulon, France Submarine (Sous-marin) Monge (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Pégase (SS) 5th Submarine Squadron 13th Submarine Division on completion of repairs the 13th Submarine Division relieves the 17th Submarine Division at Bizerte, Tunesia Submarine (Sous-marin) Calypso (SS) repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Circé (SS) 09/03/39 – 01/15/40 repairing at La Ciotat, France Submarine (Sous-marin) Doris (SS) repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Thétis (SS) repairing 15th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Cérès (SS) Oran, Algeria Submarine (Sous-marin) Iris (SS) 09/03/39 – 09/10/39 repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Pallas (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Vénus (SS) Submarine Center at Toulon 7th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Redoutable (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Vengeur (SS) 09/03/39 – 02/03/40 repairing 19th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Argonaute (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Galatée (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Naïade (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Sirène (SS) 21st Submarine Division Submarine minelayer Perle (SSM) Submarine minelayer Le Diamant (SSM) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bizerte, Tunesia Admiral South 4th Naval Region (IVe Région Maritime) (Vice Amiral E L Rivet) Light Attack Force (4th Squadron) 3rd Cruiser Division Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Émile Bertin (CL) (2x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL-832 shipboard floatplane) provisionally attached with 11th Division as replacement for Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Aigle (DL), which was repairing Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Jean de Vienne (CL) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) 09/03/39 – 09/12/39 repairing Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) La Galisonnière (CL) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Marseillaise (CL) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) 1st Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Épervier (DL) (from 11th Large Destroyer Division) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Lion (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Vauban (DL) 3rd Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Guépard (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Valmy (DL) Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Verdun (DL) 11th Large Destroyer Division Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Bison (DL) 09/03/39 - 12/10/39 Lorient, France provisionally attached to Raiding Force while repairing 05/03/40 sunk by German aircraft west of Vega Island, Norway Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Milan (DL) 09/03/39 - 11/39 repairing 12th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Bombarde (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) La Pomone (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) L'Iphigénie (DD) 4th Sloop Squadron ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Tapageuse (PS) (Ardent class) captured by the Allies after landings in North Africa ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Engageante (PS) (Friponne class) captured by the Allies after the landings in North Africa Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Ypres (PS) (Amiens class) 04/42 Broken up Submarine Center at Bizerte, Tunesia Submarine Tender (Revitailleur de Sous-Marins) Castor (AS) 4th Submarine Flotilla Destroyer (Contre-torpilleur) Aigle (DL) 09/03/39 – 10/15/39 repairing; 10/09/39 Transferred to 11th Large Destroyer Division 6th Submarine Squadron 9th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Caïman (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Morse (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Souffleur (SS) 10th Submarine Division 09/03/39 – 10/39 repairing Submarine (Sous-marin) Dauphin (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Espadon (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Phoque (SS) 11th Submarine Division (detached to Levant Division) 17th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Aréthuse (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Atalante (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) La Sultane (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) La Vestale (SS) 20th Submarine Division Submarine minelayer Nautilus (SSM) Submarine Minelayer Rubis (SSM) Submarine minelayer Saphir (SSM) Submarine minelayer Turquoise (SSM) Oran, Algeria 6th Light Squadron (Contre Amiral M L H Jarry from December 6, 1939) Submarine Tender (Revitailleur de Sous-Marins) Jules Verne (AS) Seaplane Carrier (Transport d'Hydravions) Commandant Teste (CVS) Aircraft carried: 26 seaplanes 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France F1H Carrier Air Group 1x Loire L.130 flying boat HB1 Bomber Squadron (6x Lioré et Olivier LeO H275bis seaplane torpedo bomber) HC1 Fighter Squadron (not embarcked stationed at St. Mandier; Toulon, France) HS1 Scout Squadron (6x Loire L.130 flying boat) 8th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Bordelais (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) L'Alcyon (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Trombe (DD) 2nd Submarine Flotilla 12th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Junon (SS) 09/01/39 en-route from Oran, Algeria to Casablanca, Morocco Submarine (Sous-marin) Minerve (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Ondine (SS) (Toulon, France) Submarine (Sous-marin) Orion (SS) (Toulon, France) 14th Submarine Division Submarine (Sous-marin) Ariane (SS) 09/01/39 - 09/09/39 en-route from Cherbourg, France to Casablanca, Morocco (with Diane) Submarine (Sous-marin) Danaé (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Diane (SS) 09/01/39 - 09/09/39 en-route from Cherbourg, France to Casablanca, Morocco (with Ariane) Submarine (Sous-marin) Eurydice (SS) 18th Submarine Division 09/ 01/39 en-route from Oran, Algeria to Casablanca, Morocco Submarine (Sous-marin) Amphitrite (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) La Psyché (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Méduse (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Oréade (SS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beirut, the Levant states Levant Naval Division (la division navale du Levant) (Contre Amiral M F L F de Carpentier) Colonial Sloop D'Iberville (PS) (1x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL-832 shipboard floatplane) (Bougainville class) 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Colonial Sloop (Aviso) La Grandière (PS) (Bougainville class) 06/22/39 Launched; 06/20/40 at Beirut; 11/08/42 at Casablanca, Morocco; 11/42 FNFL 6th Division 11th Submarine Division (from Submarine Center at Bizerte, Tunesia; 4th Submarine Flotilla; 6th Squadron) Submarine (Sous-marin) Marsouin (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Requin (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Narval (SS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Casablanca, Morocco Morocco Naval Division (la Division navale du Maroc) (Contre Amiral L M J Sable) Colonial Sloop (Aviso) D'Entrecasteaux (PS) (1x Potez Po-452 recon seaplane) (Bougainville class) 05/05/42 Damaged and beached off Madagascar on; salvaged by the Allies 9th Destroyer Division Destroyer (Torpilleur) Forbin (DD) Destroyer (Torpilleur) Basque (DD) 4th Submarine Division (from Admiral West 2nd Naval Region (IIe Région Maritime); 4th Submarine Squadron) Submarine (Sous-marin) Argo (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Henri Poincaré (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Le Centaure (SS) Submarine (Sous-marin) Pascal (SS) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Casablanca, Morocco (Amiral Africa (12/20/39 formally commissioned Vice Amiral Emmanuel L.H. Ollive commanding; Headquarters: Casablanca, Morocco) The command covered the sea area from Gibraltar to Dakar, westward to include the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands. Dakar, le Sénégal Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Calais (PS) (Amiens class) being used as a base ship 5th Squadron 6th Cruiser Division Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Duguay Trouin (CL) (1x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL-832 shipboard floatplane) Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Primauguet (CL) (1x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL-832 shipboard floatplane) 09/08/39 arrives from Capetown, South Africa 7th Cruiser Division Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Jeanne d'Arc (CL) (2x Loire L.130 flying boat/recon) (training cruiser) 09/01/39 - 09/15/39 en-route from Brest, France to Fort de France, Martinique Minelaying Cruiser Pluton (CM) 09/02/39 - 09/05/39 en-route from Brest, France to Casablanca, Morocco 09/13/39 Casablanca, Morocco sunk due to an internal explosion while unloading mines ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fort de France, Martinique Amiral Antilles (09/14/39 command formally commissioned Amiral George A M J Robert commanding) Colonial Sloop Ville d'Ys (PS) (Ville d'Ys class) at Newfoundland, Canada 11/40 disarmed at Fort de France, Martinique ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saigon, French Indochina Naval Division of the Far East (la division Navale d’Extrême Orient) (Amiral Jean Decoux) Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Marne (PS) (Marne class) 03/10/45 scuttled off Can Tho, French Indochina Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) La Pérouse (PS) (Jacques Coeur class) (1920 Hydrographic Ship) Colonial Sloop (Aviso) Amiral Charner (PS) (1x Potez Po.452 recon seaplane) (Bougainville class) 03/10/45 scuttled at My-Tho, French Indochina Colonial Sloop (Aviso) Savorgnan de Brazza (PS) (1x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL-832 shipboard floatplane) (Bougainville class) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England; 09/24/40 Transferred to the Free French Gunboat (Canonnière) Avalanche (PG) Gunboat (Canonnière) Commandant Bourdais (PG) 5th Cruiser Division Heavy Cruiser (Croiseur Lourd) Suffren (CA) (2x Lorie L.130 flying boat/recon) en-route from Singapore to Saigon, French Indochina Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) Lamotte Picquet (CL) (1x Potez Po.452 recon seaplane) Haiphong, French Indochina Gunboat (Canonnière) Mytho (PG) Gunboat (Canonnière) Vigilante (PG) China Amoy, China Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Tahure (PS) (Amiens class) 04/30/44 Sunk off Cape Varella, French Indochina by American submarine USS Flasher (SS 249) Shanghai, China Escort (Colonial Sloop (Aviso)) Rigault de Genouilly (PS) (Bougainville class) (1x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL.832 shipboard floatplane) 07/04/40 torpedoed and sunk off Matifou, Algeria by British submarine HMS Pandora Yangtze Flotilla Gunboat (Canonnière) Francis Garnier (PG) Gunboat (Canonnière) Doudart de Lagrée (PG) Gunboat (Canonnière) Balny (PG) Canton, China West River Flotilla Gunboat (Canonnière) Argus (PG) Djibouti, Djibouti (its on the Horn of Africa) Indian Ocean Satation Escort (Colonial Sloop (Aviso)) Bougainville (PS) (1x Potez PO-452 recon seaplane) (Bougainville class) 11/09/40 sunk off Libreville, Gabon by Free French Savorgnan de Brazza Papeete, Tahiti Pacific Ocean Satation 2x C.A.M.S. CAMS-55 flying boat biplane 1x C.A.M.S. CAMS-37/11 flying boat biplane - trainer Escort (Colonial Sloop (Aviso)) Dumont d'Urville (PS) (1x Gourdou-Lesseurre GL-832 shipboard floatplane) (Bougainville class) 11/23/42 Rejoined the Allies on 23 November 1942 FNFL - Les Forces Navales Françaises Libres ("Free French Naval Forces") ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Battleship (Cuirassé) Clemenceau (BB) Brest Navy Yard, 01/17/39 Laid down, not built Battleship (Cuirassé) Jean Bart (BB) St Nazaire 12/12/38 Laid down; 03/06/40 Launched; 05/01/55 Completed May Battleship (Cuirassé) Richelieu (BB) Brest Navy Yard, 10/22/35 Laid down; 01/17/39 Launched; 06/15/40 Completed Aircraft Carrier Joffre (CV) St Nazaire, 11/26/39 Laid down, not built Light Cruiser (Croiseur Léger) De Grasse (Cl) Lorient Naval Yard, 10/18/38 Laid down; 09/11/46 Launched; 09/03/56 Completed Destroyer (Torpilleur) Casque (DD) La Seyne 11/30/36 Laid down; 11/02/38 Launched; 05/25/40 Completed Destroyer (Torpilleur) Fleuret DD) La Seyne Laid down August 18, 1936, Launched 28 July 38, Completed March 16, 1940 Destroyer (Torpilleur) Lansquenet (DD) Bordeaux, 12/17/36 Laid down; 05/20/39 Launched; 06/01/40 Completed Destroyer (Torpilleur) Le Corsaire (DD) La Seyne, 03/31/38 Laid down; 11/14/39 Launched; 06/20/40 Completed Destroyer (Torpilleur) Le Hardi (DD) Nantes, 05/20/36 Laid down; 05/04/38 Launched; 11/04/39 Completed Destroyer (Torpilleur) Le Flibustier (DD) La Seyne, 03/11/38 Laid down; 12/14/39 Launched; 06/23/40 Completed Destroyer (Torpilleur) L'Épee (DD) La Seyne, 10/15/36 Laid down; 10/26/38 Launched; 12/01/39 Completed Destroyer (Torpilleur) Mameluck (DD) Nantes), 01/01/37 Laid down; 02/18/39 Launched, 05/09/40 Completed Colonial Sloop (Aviso) Beautemps Beaupré (PS) Corvette La Bastiaise (PC) (La Malouine class) 07/03/1940 seized by British at South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, England 06/22/40 Mined on trails off Hartlepool, England Corvette La Dieppoise (PC) (La Malouine class) 07/03/1940 seized by British at South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, England 08/26/40 commissioned HMS Fleur de Lys (K-122) 10/14/41 sunk by German submarine U-206 west of Gibraltar Corvette La Malouine (PC) (La Malouine class) 07/03/1940 seized by British at South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, England 09/26/40 commissioned HMS La Malouine (K-47) Corvette La Paimpolaise (PC) (La Malouine class) 07/03/1940 seized by British at South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, England 09/26/40 commissioned HMS Nasturtium (K-107) Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Commandant de Pimodan (PMS) Laid down 1939, Launched 1941, Completed 1947 Submarine Aurore (SS) July 26, 1940; 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNK 06/18/40 Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Enseigne Henry (PS) (Dubourdieu class) Scuttled Lorient, France 06/18/40 ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Etourdi (PS) (Ardent class) scuttled at Brest, France 06/22/40 Corvette La Bastiaise (PC) (La Malouine class) Mined on trails off Hartlepool ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIMITED INFORMATION ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso)) Audacieuse (PS) (Ardent class) 01/20/40 Decommissioned Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Yser (PS) (Marne class) 27/11/42 scuttled Toulon, France ASW gunboat (Second Class Sloop (Aviso) Conquérante (PS) (Valliante class) 07/03/40 seized by British at Falmouth, England 04/14/41 Sunk by German aircraft during an air raid Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Annamite (PMS) (Chamois class) To Algiers, Algeria 11/42 joined FNFL Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Chevreuil (PMS) (Chamois class) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Surprise (PMS) (Chamois class) To Casablanca, Morocco 11/08/42 Sunk off Oran by gunfire from the British destroyer HMS Brilliant Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Commandant Delage (PMS) (Elan class) to Oran, Algeria; rejoined the Allies after the Allied landings in North Africa Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Commandant Dominé (PMS) (Elan class) 04/40 Commissioned Bay of Biscay, France; 07/03/40 seized by British at Plymouth Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Gazelle (PMS) (Elan class) To Casablanca, Morocco 09/23/40 joined FNFL off Dakar, le Sénégal Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) L`Impétueuse (PMS) (Elan class) To Casablanca, Morocco 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Batalleuse (PMS) (Elan class) 03/40 commissioned; 12/08/42 Bizerte, Tunisia captured by the Italians renamed FR 51. 09/09/43 Genoa, Italy scuttled by Italians; raised by the Germans renamed SG 23; 04/24/45 Genoa, Italy scuttled by the Germans Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Boudeuse (PMS) (Elan class) en-route from Gironde Estuary, Bay of Biscay to Casablanca, Morocco; Joined the Allies after the Allied landing in North Africa Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Capricieuse (PMS) (Elan class) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Gracieuse (PMS) (Elan class) Gironde Estuary, Bay of Biscay and later to Casablanca; Joined the Allies after the Allied landing in North Africa Minesweeper Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) La Moquese (PMS) (Elan class) 07/03/40 seized by British at Falmouth Mine Sweeping Sloop (Aviso-Dragueur de mines) Granit (PMS) (Granit class) 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Alidade (ex Martin-Pêcheur) (PS) (Mauviette class) [1919 Hydrographic Ship] Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Astrolabe (ex Mauviette) (PS) (Mauviette class) (1919 Hydrographic Ship) Far East Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Passereau II (PS) (Mauviette class) (1919 Hydrographic Ship) Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Sentinelle (ex Perruche II) (PS) (Mauviette class) (1920 Hydrographic Ship) Casablanca, Morocco Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Estafette (ex Pie II) (PS) (Mauviette class) (1920 Hydrographic Ship) Bizerte, Tunisia Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Bousolle (ex Pinson II) (PS) (Mauviette class) (1919 Hydrographic Ship) Escort (First Class Sloop (Aviso)) Octant (ex Pivert) (PS) (Mauviette class) (1919 Hydrographic Ship) Saigon, French Indochina 01/12/45 sunk near Hanoi, French Indochina by planes from TF-38 Net Layer (Mouilleur de Filets) Le Gladiateur (AN) 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Président Théodore Tissier (Hydrographic Ship) Plymouth, England Boréal (Hydrographic Ship) Ajaccio Austral (Hydrographic Ship) To Casablanca, Morocco La Paimpolaise (Hydrographic Ship) Sailing ship La Belle Poule 07/03/40 seized by British at Falmouth, England; naval college FNFL Sailing ship L'Étoile 07/03/40 seized by British at Falmouth, England Sailing ship Zélée Tahiti Coastal transport Forfait (622t) (Jacques Coeur class) Oran, Algeria Coastal transport Coëtlogon (622t) (Jacques Coeur class) Toulon, France Coastal transport Jeanne et Geneviève (600t) Plymouth, England Coastal transport Aude (1821t) Toulon, France Coastal transport Golo (2118t) Rochefort, to Casablanca, Morocco Remote controlled target ship L'Impassible Plymouth, England Primevère (PC) Toulon, France Fauvette II (PC) Toulon, France Refrigerated Cargo Ship (Transport Frigorifique) Champlain (AKF) (526t) Toulon, France Seaplane Tender (Revitailleur d'Hydravions) Hamelin (AV) Toulon, France Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 1 (PC) Toulon 1933 Launched, 1934 Completed, 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 2 (PC) Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Casablanca, Morocco 1933 Launched, 1934 Completed Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 3 (PC) Ajaccio, Corsica South of France 1933 Launched, 1934 Completed Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 4 (PC) Nice South of France 1934 Launched, 1934 Completed, 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 5 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 6 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 7 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 8 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Plymouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 9 (PC) 05/21/40 Lost in action sunk Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 10 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 11 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Plymouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 12 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Plymouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 13 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 14 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 15 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Plymouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 16 (PC) Groix 06/18/40 scuttled incomplete Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 25 (SC-146) (PC) Plymouth 11/27/42 scuttled at Toulon, France Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 41 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 42 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 43 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 98 (SC-404) (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Manchester, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 106 (PC) 07/03/40 seized by British at Portsmouth, England Submarine Chaser (Chasseur de sous-marins) Ch. 107 (PC) 04/12/40 Lost at sea due to collision http://www.frenchlines.com/index_en.php Armed merchant cruiser Aramis (X01) (17,536 tons) 09/04/39 requisitioned from Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes and converted 03/01/40 patrols between Hong Kong and Singapore. 03/22/40 to 04/0240 after she runs aground the Russian freighter Selenga, tows her from Hong Kong roads to Cape Saint Jacques; Saigon 08/40 paid off Armed merchant cruiser Ville D'Alger (X03) (9,889 tons) Early 1940 requisitioned from Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 04/40 Norway Campaign 06/40 transports a part of the gold stock of Banque de France from Brest to Casablanca, Morocco and Dakar then is laid up in Dakar Armed merchant cruiser Cap des Palmes (X03) (3,081 tons) 11/09/40 captured by Free French Minesweeper Sloop Commandant Dominé (PM) off Libreville, Gabon Armed merchant cruiser Ville d'Oran (X05) (10,172 tons) 09/39 requisitioned from Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and converted Sent on patrols in the Mediterranean 04/40 Norway Campaign Hit by aircraft bomb in Namsos 06/40 transports a part of the gold reserves of the Banque de France from Pauillac to Casablanca, Morocco then to Dakar, where she is laid up 10/40 paid off Armed merchant cruiser El Mansour (X06) (5,818 tons) 1934 requisitioned from Compagnie de Navigation Mixte 10/40 paid off 1943 transferred to the Italians Armed merchant cruiser Bougainville (ex Victor Schoelcher) (X07) (4,510 tons) 09/39 fitted as Armed Merchant Cruiser; renamed Bougainville 05/06/42 sunk by British surface ships at Diego Suarez North of Madagascar Armed merchant cruiser Colombie (X10) (13,718 tons) 1939 requisitioned from Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and converted 04/40 Norway Campaign 09/40 paid off 08/41 to 10/41 laid up at La Martinique then Casablanca, Morocco; afterwards takes part of the troops and civilians being repatriated from Syria 12/42 seized by the Americans Armed merchant cruiser Charles Plumier (X11) 10/40 paid off Armed merchant cruiser Djenné (X13) (10,000 ton) requisitioned from Les Forges and Chantiers 04/18/40 from Brest, France to Scapa Flow Armed merchant cruiser El Kantara (X16) (5,079 tons) requisitioned from Compagnie de Navigation Mixte 1943 seized by Italy renamed Aquino and is bombed and sunk Armed merchant cruiser El Djezair (X17) (5,884 tons) 10/39 requisitioned from Compagnie de Navigation Mixte 10/40 paid off 01/43 seized by the Germans Armed merchant cruiser Eridan (X18) 10/44 paid off Armed merchant cruiser Barfleur (X19) (3,000 tons) 09/25/39 requisitioned from Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and converted In the Antilles with Armed merchant cruiser Quercy (X20) and Armed merchant cruiser Quercy (X20) 1944 transport Armed merchant cruiser Quercy (X20) (3,043 tons) 10/13/39 requisitioned from Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and converted In the Antilles with Armed merchant cruiser Barfleur (X19) and Armed merchant cruiser Esterel (X21) 11/40 paid off 1941re-commissioned Armed merchant cruiser Esterel (X21) (3,043 tons) 10/13/39 requisitioned from Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and converted In the Antilles with Armed merchant cruiser Barfleur (X19) and Armed merchant cruiser Quercy (X20) Armed merchant cruiser Mexique (X22) 06/19/40 sunk by mine Gironde Estuary Navypedia says “Marne class First Class Aviso” Uboat net says “Somme Class Gunboat” Navypedia says “Amiens class First Class Aviso” Uboat net says “Arras Class Gunboat”
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