First World War · 1914–1918

French Navy

35 ships covered here, in 4 battles.

Battleships 5

Bretagne

Sunk

France

Battleship · Bretagne class

10 × 13.4″ guns in 5 twin turrets

Launched 1913 · 1 battle

Courbet

Scuttled

France

Battleship · Courbet class

12 × 12″ guns in 6 twin turrets

Launched 1911 · 0 battles

Lorraine

Survived

France

Battleship · Bretagne class

5 × 13.4″ guns

Launched 1913 · 0 battles

Paris

Survived

France

Battleship · Courbet class

12 × 12″ guns in 6 twin turrets

Launched 1912 · 0 battles

Provence

Scuttled

France

Battleship · Bretagne class

10 × 13.4″ guns in 5 twin turrets

Launched 1913 · 1 battle

Dreadnought battleships 2

France

Sunk

France

Dreadnought battleship · Courbet class

12 × 12″ guns in 6 twin turrets

Launched 1912 · 0 battles

Jean Bart

Survived

France

Dreadnought battleship · Courbet class

12 × 12″ guns in 6 twin turrets

Launched 1911 · 0 battles

Pre-dreadnought battleships 15

Bouvet

Sunk

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship

2 × 12″ guns

Launched 1896 · 1 battle

Charlemagne

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1895 · 1 battle

Condorcet

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Danton class

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1909 · 0 battles

Danton

Sunk

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Danton class

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1909 · 0 battles

Démocratie

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Liberté class

4 × 12″ guns

Launched 1904 · 0 battles

Diderot

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Danton class

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1909 · 0 battles

Gaulois

Sunk

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1896 · 1 battle

Justice

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Liberté class

4 × 12″ guns

Launched 1904 · 0 battles

Mirabeau

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Danton class

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1909 · 0 battles

Patrie

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · République class

4 × 12″ guns

Launched 1903 · 0 battles

République

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · République class

4 × 12″ guns

Launched 1902 · 0 battles

Suffren

Sunk

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1899 · 1 battle

Vergniaud

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Danton class

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1910 · 0 battles

Vérité

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Liberté class

4 × 12″ guns

Launched 1907 · 0 battles

Voltaire

Survived

France

Pre-dreadnought battleship · Danton class

4 × 12″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1909 · 0 battles

Armoured cruisers 7

Amiral Charner

Sunk

France

Armoured cruiser

2 × 7.6″ guns

Launched 1893 · 0 battles

Edgar Quinet

Wrecked

France

Armoured cruiser

14 × 7.6″ guns

Launched 1907 · 0 battles

Ernest Renan

Survived

France

Armoured cruiser

4 × 7.6″ guns

Launched 1906 · 0 battles

Jules Michelet

Survived

France

Armoured cruiser

4 × 7.6″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1905 · 0 battles

Kléber

Sunk

France

Armoured cruiser

8 × 6.5″ guns in 4 twin mounts

Launched 1902 · 0 battles

Léon Gambetta

Sunk

France

Armoured cruiser

4 × 7.6″ guns in 2 twin turrets

Launched 1902 · 0 battles

Waldeck-Rousseau

Survived

France

Armoured cruiser

14 × 7.6″ guns

Launched 1908 · 0 battles

Protected cruisers 1

Châteaurenault

Sunk

France

Protected cruiser

2 × 6.5″ guns

Launched 1898 · 0 battles

Destroyers 3

Boutefeu

Sunk

France

Destroyer

2 × 3.9″ guns

Launched 1911 · 1 battle

Fronde

Survived

France

Destroyer

1 × 2.6″ gun

Launched 1902 · 1 battle

Mousquet

Sunk

France

Destroyer

1 × 2.6″ gun

Launched 1902 · 1 battle

Torpedo gunboats 1

D'Iberville

Survived

France

Torpedo gunboat

3 × 9-pounder guns

Launched 1892 · 1 battle

Gunboats 1

Zélée

Sunk

France

Gunboat

2 × 3.9″ guns

Launched 1899 · 1 battle

Other fleets in the First World War