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List of escorteurs of France

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The escorteurs of the French Navy were light naval warships used for convoy protection during and after the Second World War.

The earliest escorteurs in the French Navy were purchased from the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. After the war, these were supplemented by former German and Italian vessels transferred to French control as war reparations.

After the war, the term escorteur replaced that of torpilleur [fr] and contre-torpilleur [fr] traditionally used by the French Navy. However, in the 1970s, the designation of escorteur ceased to be used and was replaced with that of frigate, destroyer, aviso or patroller.

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Second World War ships

  • Royal Navy:
    • River-class frigate (Free French Naval Forces)
      • L'Aventure (F707) (ex-HMS Braid) 1944–1961
      • L'Escarmouche (F709) (ex-HMS Frome) 1944–1961
      • Tonkinois[1] (F711) (ex-HMS Moyola) 1944–1961
      • Croix de Lorraine (F710) (ex-HMS Strule) 1944–1961
      • La Surprise (F708) (ex-HMS Torridge) 1944–1964
      • La Découverte (F712) (ex-HMS Windrush) 1944–1961
    • Flower-class corvettes (Free French Naval Forces)
      • Alysse (ex-HMS Alyssum K100) 1941–1942
      • Roselys (ex-HMS Sundew) 1941–1947
      • Aconit (ex-HMS Aconite) 1941–1947
      • Lobelia (ex-Lobelia) 1941–1947
      • Mimosa (ex-Mimosa) 1941–1942
      • Commandant Détroyat (Ex-HMS Coriander) 1941–1947
      • Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves (ex-HMS Lotus) 1942–1947
      • Renoncule (ex-HMS Renonculus) 1941–1947
      • Commandant Drogou (ex-HMS Chrysanthemum) 1941–1947
  • United States Navy (USN):
    • Cannon-class destroyer escort:
    • PC-461-class submarine chaser (or coastal patroller):
      • Eveillé (ex-USS PC-471) 1944–1959
      • Rusé (ex-USS PC-472) 1944–1959
      • Ardent (ex-USS PC-473) 1944–1945
      • Indiscret (ex-USS PC-474) 1944–1960
      • Résolu (ex-USS PC475) 1944–1951
      • Emporté (ex-USS PC-480) 1944–1959
      • Effronté (ex-USS PC481) 1944–1953
      • Enjoué (ex-USS PC-482) 1944–1945
      • Tirailleur (ex-USS PC-542) 1944–1958
      • Volontaire (ex-USS PC-543) 1944–1964
      • Goumier (ex-USS PC-545) 1944–1965
      • Franc Tireur (ex-USS PC-545) 1944–1953
      • Vigilant (ex-USS PC-550) 1944–1959
      • Mameluck (ex-USS PC-551) 1944–1958
      • Carabinier (ex-USS PC-556) 1944–1958
      • Dragon (ex-USS PC-557) 1944–1959
      • Voltigeur (ex-USS PC-559) 1944–1970
      • Attentif (ex-USS PC-562) 1944–1953
      • Spahi (ex-USS PC-591) 1944–1959
      • Fantassin (ex-USS PC-621) 1944–1961
      • Grenadier (ex-USS PC-625) 1944–1958
      • Lansquenet (ex-USS PC-626) 1944–1958
      • Cavalier (ex-USS PC-627) 1944–1951
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Post-war ships

War reparations

Allied fleet ships

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French-built ships

Main article: French Navy

Fleet Escorts – (Escorteurs d'escadre)

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Surcouf
  • T 47 class (Surcouf class)
    • Surcouf (D621) 1955–1972
    • Kersaint (D622) 1956–1984
    • Cassard (D623) 1956–1974
    • Bouvet (D624) 1956–1982
    • Dupetit-Thouars (D625) 1957–1988
    • Chevalier Paul (D626) 1957–1971
    • Maillé-Brézé (D627) 1957–1988
    • Vauquelin (D628) 1956–1986
    • D’Estrées (D629) 1957–1985
    • Du Chayla (D630) 1957–1991
    • Casabianca (D631) 1957–1984
    • Guépratte (D632) 1957–1985
  • T 53 class
    • Duperré (D633) 1957–1972
    • La Bourdonnais (D634) 1958–1976
    • Forbin (D635) 1958–1981
    • Tartu (D636) 1958–1979
    • Jauréguiberry (D637) 1958–1977
  • T 56-class destroyer [fr] – single ship modified for ASW testing
    • La Galissonnière (D638) 1962–1990

Fast Escorts – Escorteurs rapides

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Le Bourguignon
  • Type E50 (Le Corse-class) frigate:
    • Le Corse (F761) 1955–1975
    • Le Brestois (F762) 1956–1975
    • Le Boulonnais (F763) 1955–1976
    • Le Bordelais (F764) 1955–1976
  • Type E52 (Le Normand-class) frigate:
    • Le Normand (F765) 1956–1983
    • Le Picard (F766) 1956–1979
    • Le Gascon (F767) 1957–1977
    • Le Lorrain (F768) 1957–1976
    • Le Bourguignon (F769) 1957–1976
    • Le Champenois (F770) 1957–1975
    • Le Savoyard (F771) 1957–1980
    • Le Breton (F772) 1957–1976
    • Le Basque (F773) 1957–1979
    • L'Agenais (F774) 1958–1985
    • Le Béarnais (F775) 1958–1979
  • Type E52B:
    • L'Alsacien (F776) 1960–1981
    • Le Provençal (F777) 1959–1981
    • Le Vendéen (F778) 1960–1982

Sloop Escorts – Avisos escorteurs

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Commandant Bourdais

Coastal Escorts – Escorteurs côtiers

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L'Effronté
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Le Fringant
  • Le Fougueux class [fr]
    • Le Fougueux (P641) 1954–1975
    • L'Opiniâtre (P642) 1954–1975
    • L'Agile (P643) 1954–1976
  • L'Adroit class [fr] :
    • L'Adroit (P644) 1957–1979
    • L'Alerte (P645) 1957–1979
    • L'Attentif (P646) 1957–1978
    • L'Intrépide (P630) 1958–1976
    • L'Ardent (P635) 1958–1979
    • L'Etourdi (P637) 1958–1976
    • L'Enjoué (P647) 1958–
    • Le Hardi (P648) 1958–1977
    • L'Effronté (P638) 1959–
    • Le Frondeur (P639) 1959–1977
    • Le Fringant (P640) 1959–1982
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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    named for Marcus Atilius Regulus
  2. [N 2]
    named for Louis Desaix
  3. [N 3]
    named for Jean-Baptiste Kléber
  4. [N 4]
    after Victor Schœlcher (1804–1893)
  5. [N 5]
    after Victor Bory
  6. [N 6]
    after Léonard Charner (1797–1869)
  7. [N 7]
    after Ernest Doudart de Lagrée (1823–1868)
  8. [N 8]
    after Adrien-Paul Balny d'Avricourt (1849–1873)
  9. [N 9]
    after Henri Rivière (1827–1883)
  10. [N 10]
    after Edmé Bourdais (1820–1861)
  11. [N 11]
    after Auguste Léopold Protet (1808–1862)
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Citations

References

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