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.
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)
Sirène (Q5)
Triton (Q6)
Espadon (Q13)
Silure (Q14)
Farfadet class (1901–1913)
Farfadet (Q7) renamed Follet (1908–1913)
Korrigan (Q8)
Gnôme (Q9)
Lutin (Q10)
Morse class (1901–1914)
Français (Q11)
Algérien (Q12)
Naïade class (1903–1914)
Naïade (Q15)
Protée (Q16)
Perle (Q17)
Esturgeon (Q18)
Bonite (Q19)
Thon (Q20)
Souffleur (Q21)
Dorade (Q22)
Lynx (Q23)
Ludion (Q24)
Loutre (Q25)
Castor (Q26)
Phoque (Q27)
Otarie (Q28)
Méduse (Q29)
Oursin (Q30)
Grondin (Q31)
Anguille (Q32)
Alose (Q33)
Truite (Q34)
1904 to 1919
Experimental types (varying designs) X
X (Q35) – renamed Dauphin 13 February 1911 (1904–1914)
Z (Q36)
Y (Q37) – (1905–1909)
Aigrette class (1904–1919)
Aigrette (Q38)
Cigogne (Q39)
Argonaute (Q40)
TopazeÉmeraude class (1906–1919)
Émeraude (Q41)
Opale (Q42)
Rubis (Q43)
Saphir (Q44)
Topaze (Q45)
Turquoise (Q46)
CircéCircé class (1907–1918)
Circé (Q47)
Calypso (Q48)
Guêpe class
Guèpe 1 (Q49)
Guèpe 2 (Q50)
Pluviôse class
Pluviôse (Q51)
Ventôse (Q52)
Germinal (Q53)
Floréal (Q54)
Priarial (Q55)
Messidor (Q56)
Thermidor (Q57)
Fructidor (Q58)
Vendémiaire (Q59)
Papin (Q64)
Fresnel (Q65)
Berthelot (Q66)
MongeMonge (Q67)
Ampère (Q68)
Gay-Lussac (Q69)
Watt (Q75)
Cugnot (Q76)
Giffard (Q77)
Archimède (Q73) (1909–1919)
Charles Brun (Q89) (1911–1915)
Mariotte (Q74) (1911–1915)
Brumaire class (1911–1930)
Brumaire (Q60)
Frimaire (Q62)
Nivôse (Q63)
Foucault (Q70)
Euler (Q71)
Franklin (Q72)
Faraday (Q78)
Volta (Q79)
Newton (Q80)
Montgolfier (Q81)
Bernoulli (Q83)
Joule (Q84)
Coulomb (Q85)
Arago (Q86)
Curie (Q87)
Le Verrier (Q88)
Amiral Bourgois (Q82) (1912–1919)
Clorinde class (1913–1926)
Clorinde (Q90)
Cornélie (Q91)
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)
Bellone (Q102)
Hermione (Q103)
Gorgone (Q104)
Sané
Dupuy de Lôme class (1915–1935)
Dupuy de Lôme (Q105)
Sané (Q106)
Diane class (1915–1935)
Diane (Q107)
Daphné (Q108)
Armide class (1915–1935)
Armide (SD 2) ex-Japanese
Antigone (SD 3) ex-Greek
Amazone (SD 4) ex-Greek
Joessel class (1917–1935)
Joessel (Q109)
Fulton (Q110)
Six more of this class (Q115-Q120) were in the 1915 Programme but were cancelled (never named)