Category: cold war French ships
Suffren class Frigates (1965)
FS Suffren, FS Duquesne 1962-2008 The Suffren class were two missile fleet escorts of the French Navy, assigned to the…
La Galissonnière (1960)
French Navy (1962-95), T56 design, D638 The T53 (Duperré) class destroyers succeeded to the the T47 or (Surcouf class), five…
FS Jean Bart (1940)
French Navy (1949-70), Rebuilt Battleship Backstory: An unfinished battleship in WW2 FS Jean Bart was the sister ship of Richelieu,…
Duperré class destroyers (1956)
French Navy (1954-92), T53 design. Duperré, La Bourdonnais, Forbin, Tartu, Jauréguiberry D633-637 Second class of postwar destroyers built for the…
FS Charles de Gaulle (R92, 1994)
FS Charles De Gaulle, French Nuclear-propelled CATOBAR Carrier French Navy (1988-today) The European Nuclear Carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (Ex-Richelieu)…
Clemenceau class Aircraft Carriers (1957)
Fleet Carriers French Navy (1957) For this 14 of july 2022, French national holiday, here is the Clemenceau class carriers:…
The Missile Cruiser Colbert (1953-1991)
French Navy (1953-1991) The last French cruiser With the start of the cold war France still possessed a number of…
De Grasse (1946)
French Navy (1946-1976) De Grasse was the first French post-WW2 cruiser completed, with Colbert. Both their stories went back to…
Surcouf (T47) class destroyers (1956)
French Navy AA destroyers (Built 1951-57, service until 1974-88): Surcouf, Kersaint, Cassard, Bouvet, Dupetit-Thouars, Chevalier Paul, Maillé-Brézé, Vauquelin, D’Estrées, Du…
