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The French Navy (French: Marine nationale, pronounced [maʁin nɑsjɔnal], lit. ' National Navy ' ), informally La Royale ( French pronunciation: [la ʁwajal] , lit. ' The Royal [One] ' ), is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of France .
The French Navy is affectionately known as La Royale ("the Royal"). The reason for this nickname is uncertain. Speculation includes: it might be for its traditional attachment to the French monarchy; because, before being named "nationale", the Navy had been named "royale" (the navy did not sport the royal titles common with other European navies like the British Royal Navy); or simply because ...
This is a list of active French Navy ships. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The French Navy consists of nearly 100 vessels of the Force d'action navale (Naval action force) [ 4 ] and the 9 submarines of the Forces sous-marines (Submarine force).
The French Navy's modernization, as is the case with the Army and Air and Space Force, is pursued on the basis of successive 7-year Military Planning Laws (Loi de Programmation Militaire or LPM). [1]
The French Navy aimed to remain a two-carrier navy, mainly to ensure that at least one ship is operational at all times even when the other is under repair. This scheme required another aircraft carrier to be built, but Charles de Gaulle is the only aircraft carrier currently serving.
This is a list of French ships of the line of the period 1621–1870 (plus some from the period before 1621). Battlefleet units in the French Navy (Marine Royale before the French Revolution established a republic) were categorised as vaisseaux (literally "vessels") as distinguished from lesser warships such as frigates (frégates).
Brennus, built in the late 19th century, was the first pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy. During this period, the French Navy experimented with the Jeune École, which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and cruisers instead of the expensive ironclad warships that had dominated naval construction in the 1860s and 1870s, and so the navy ordered a series of experimental designs to ...
Fifteen aircraft carriers have served the navy or been proposed since the 1910s. As of 2025, one French carrier— Charles de Gaulle (R91)—remains in service of the French government. Key