French Navy

Submarine fleet ( Forces Sous- marines ) Naval Aviator ( Aéronautique navale ) Marines ( Force of fusiliers marins et commandos maritime ) Coast Guard ( Gendarmerie maritime)

Pierre -François Forissier

The French Navy ( Marine nationale French full name ) is the navy of the French armed forces ( Armées françaises forces ). It is the second largest Western European navy after the British Royal Navy. Their motto is: " Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline " (Eng. " Honor, Country, bravery, discipline ").

History

That appeared during the late medieval Crusades in the 13th century French Navy was from the 17th century until the beginning of the 20th century, the second largest navy in the world after the British Royal Navy. Despite repeated defeats and heavy losses, especially against the Royal Navy, the French Navy, a naval power of the first rank and the British always remained a largely coequal rival. The residue of the Royal Navy in number of ships and training drill repeatedly tried to compensate by structural and technological innovations in shipbuilding, the French Navy.

Organization

Since February 2008, Admiral Pierre -François Forissier stands as Commander and Chief of the Operations Staff of the Navy at the top of the French Navy. Most important bases include Brest on the Atlantic and Toulon on the Mediterranean. The Navy is organized into five areas:

  • Naval surface forces ( Force d' Action Navale )
  • Submarine fleet ( Forces Sous- marines )
  • Naval Aviator ( Aéronautique navale )
  • Marine infantry ( fusiliers marins ) and Naval Commando - Special forces ( Commandos de Marine) consisting
  • Coast Guard ( Gendarmerie maritime)

Equipment

Aircraft carrier

Destroyers and Frigates

  • 2 destroyers Horizon - class
  • 1 frigate Aquitaine class
  • 2 Cassard class frigates
  • 6 frigates Georges- Leygues class
  • 5 Light Frigate La Fayette - class
  • 6 Patrol Frigate Floreal class with Exocet ASM and the nearly 3,000 tons displacement

Nuclear submarines

  • 4 strategic submarines Triomphant class
  • 6 hunting submarines Rubis class

Amphibious units

  • 3 helicopter carrier and command ship (BPC - fr: Bâtiment de Projection et de Commandement. ) Mistral class
  • 1 dock landing ship (TCD - fr: . Transport de Chalands de débarquement ) Foudre Class
  • 3 landing ships ( BATRAL - fr: Bâtiment de Transport Léger. ) Champlain class
  • 5 landing craft (EDA -R - fr: Engin de débarquement amphibian rapidly. )

More ships

  • 9 Avisos D' Estienne d' Orves class
  • 14 patrol boats
  • 11 mine hunting boats Eridan class
  • 4 Mine Warfare Tender
  • 7 Supply Vessels
  • Submarine rescue system NSRs

And other, smaller units

Future Projects

  • 7 FREMM frigates are planned for testing, or construction.
  • 6 nuclear-powered hunting submarines of the Barracuda class are planned, funding is currently considered to be critical, however, commissioning from 2017.
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