Cruisers

• Armorique (1862)
• Circé (1860)
• Flore (1869)
• Cosmao class
  • Cosmao (1861)
  • Dupleix (1861)
• Talisman (1862)
• Châteaurenault (1868)
• Linois (1867)
• Hirondelle (1869)
• Duguay-Trouin (1873)
• Duquesne - struck 1901
• Tourville - struck 1901
• Classe Lapérouse
  • Lapérouse
    French cruiser Lapérouse
    The Lapérouse was a barbette cruiser of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, named after Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse....
    
    
  • D'Estaing
  • Nielly
  • Primauguet
• Classe Villars
  • Villars (1879)
  • Forfait (1879)
  • Magon (1880)
  • Roland (1882)
• Iphigénie (1881)
• Naïade (1881)
• Aréthuse (1882)
• Dubourdieu (1884)
• Milan (1884)
• Belliqueuse (1865)

Armoured cruisers

• Dupuy de Lôme (1890)
• Amiral Charner class
  • Amiral Charner
    French armoured cruiser Amiral Charner
    The Amiral Charner was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.In 1896, she was sent to the Mediterranean to operate the station off Crete. From 1901, she operated in the Far East. In 1905, she was put in the reserve in Toulon....
    
     (1893) - sunk by torpedo 1916
  • Bruix
    French armoured cruiser Bruix (1894)
    Bruix was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Étienne Eustache Bruix. After her trials in 1895, she served in the Caribbean and in the Far East. After the outbreak of the First World War, along with Surprise, she was sent off Africa to invade Cameroon, putting an end to the...
    
     (1894) - scrapped in 1920
  • Chanzy
    French armoured cruiser Chanzy
    Chanzy was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy of Amiral Charner class.After her trials in 1895, she served in the Caribbean and in the Far East. Chanzy ran aground in Indochina in 1907, where she proved impossible to refloat and was destroyed on 30 May.- References :* Robert Gardiner, Roger...
    
     (1894) - sunk 1907
  • Latouche-Tréville
    French armoured cruiser Latouche-Tréville
    Latouche-Tréville was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville.Built in Le Havre by the Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée and launched on 8 October 1892, Latouche-Tréville served as a school ship of the École Navale, before...
    
     (1892) - scrapped 1926
• Pothuau (1895) - scrapped 1929
• Jeanne d'Arc
  French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1901)
  The Jeanne d'Arc was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy. At the time, she was the largest and most powerful of the French cruisers.In 1903, she ferried President Émile Loubet to Algeria...
  
   (1901) - scrapped 1934
• Gueydon class
  Gueydon class cruiser
  The Gueydon class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1902.-Description and History:Dupetit-Thouars was torpedoed and sunk in 1918. Gueydon was decommissioned in 1935 and used as accommodation at Brest, and was finally scrapped in 1942...
  
  
  • Gueydon
    French armoured cruiser Gueydon
    The Gueydon was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was named in honour of Louis Henri de Gueydon, first governor of Algeria under the 3rd Republic....
    
     (1899) - scrapped 1942
  • Montcalm
    French armoured cruiser Montcalm
    The Montcalm was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.Before even completing her trials, she ferried the President of the Republic, Émile Loubet, to Russia...
    
     (1900) - scrapped 1943
  • Dupetit-Thouars (1901) - sunk by torpedo 1918
• Dupleix class
  • Dupleix
    French armoured cruiser Dupleix
    The Dupleix was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.Built in Rochefort and launched on 28 April 1900, Dupleix joined the Atlantic naval division in 1903, was put in reserve in 1905, and recommissioned on 1 November 1910 to join the Asian division....
    
     (1900) - scrapped 1922
  • Desaix (1901) - scrapped 1927
  • Kléber (1902) - suck by mine 1917
• Gloire class
  Gloire class cruiser
  The Gloire class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1904.-Description and history:They were an improvement of the Gueydon class, with changed layout of the 163 mm guns.-Ships:...
  
  
  • Gloire
    French armoured cruiser Gloire
    The Gloire was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.In 1914, the Gloire was used as a school ship. In August, she was transferred to the English Channel light squadron, until April 1915...
    
     (1900)
  • (1900)
  • (1901) - sunk 1905
  • (1902)
  • (1902)
• Léon Gambetta class
  Léon Gambetta class cruiser
  The Léon Gambetta class was a class of armoured cruiser of the French Navy which were commissioned in 1903. They were named after notable French Republican statesmen...
  
  
  • Léon Gambetta
    French armoured cruiser Léon Gambetta
    The Léon Gambetta was a French Navy armoured cruiser of 12,400 tons, the lead ship of the her class. The Gambettas were larger than previous armoured cruisers of the class, but they lacked the heavier firepower. They also were vulnerable to underwater attacks.-Early history:She was launched on 26...
    
     (1901) - torpedoed 1915
  • Jules Ferry
    French armoured cruiser Jules Ferry (1903)
    The Jules Ferry was a French Navy armoured cruiser of 12,400 tons of the Léon Gambetta class. She was launched in 1903 at Lorient.After her commissioning, she was appointed to the 2nd light cruiser division in the Mediterranean....
    
     (1903)
  • Victor Hugo (1904) - scrapped 1930 (1905)
• Ernest Renan
  French cruiser Ernest Renan
  Ernest Renan was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of philosopher Ernest Renan.-Design and history:- External links :* *...
  
   (1906) - struck 1931

• Edgar Quinet class
  Edgar Quinet class cruiser
  The Edgar Quinet class was the last type of armoured cruiser in service in the French Navy.The Edgar Quinet class stems from improvements over the design of the Ernest Renan.- Ships :* Edgar Quinet - struck 1930...
  
  
  • Edgar Quinet
    French armoured cruiser Edgar Quinet (1907)
    The Edgar Quinet was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy, the lead ship of her class.After her commissioning, Edgar Quinet was appointed to the 1st light cruiser division in the Mediterranean, under Capitaine de vaisseau Émile Guépratte....
    
     (1907) - struck 1930
  • Waldeck-Rousseau
    French armoured cruiser Waldeck-Rousseau (1908)
    The Waldeck-Rousseau was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.On 18 October 1914, off Kotor, she fought against the Austro-Hungarian U-boat and aircraft. In August 1916, she battled another submarine....
    
     (1908) - scrapped 1941-44
• Mulhouse
  French armoured cruiser Mulhouse
  Mulhouse was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy. She was formerly the German cruiser , ceded to France as a war reparation in 1920 and commissioned as Mulhouse....
  
  

Protected cruisers and light cruisers

• Sfax (1884) - struck 1906
• Tage (1886) - struck 1910
• Amiral Cécille
  French cruiser Amiral Cécille
  The Amiral Cécille was a protected cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Jean-Baptiste Cécille.She replaced the Dubourdieu in the station of the Caribbean.From 1907, she was used as a school ship for mechanics in Toulon....
  
   (1888) - scrapped 1919

• Davout (1889) - struck 1910
• Suchet (1893) - struck 1906
• Classe Forbin
  • Forbin (1888) - scrapped 1921
  • Coetlogon (1888) - struck 1906
  • Surcouf (1888) - struck 1921
• Classe Troude
  • Troude
    French cruiser Troude
    The Troude was a protected cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Amable Troude.After her trials in 1891, Troude was sent to the Middle East, replacing Seygnelay at the station of the Levant.In 1901, she had a major refit in Rochefort...
    
     (1888) - struck 1908
  • Cosmao (1889)
  • Lalande (1889)
• Classe Linois
  • Linois (1894)
  • Galilée (1896)
  • Lavoisier
    French cruiser Lavoisier
    The Lavoisier was a protected cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Antoine Lavoisier.Launched in Rochefort in April 1896, Lavoisier entered the service in December 1897...
    
     (1897) - struck 1920
• Chateaurenault
  French protected cruiser Châteaurenault
  The Châteaurenault was a protected cruiser of the French Navy intended for commerce raiding. She was the first ship of the French Navy named in honour of François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault....
  
   laid down 1896, completed 1902, sunk 1917
• Classe Alger
  • Alger (1889) - Hulked 1911
  • Jean Bart
    French cruiser Jean Bart (1886)
    The Jean Bart was a 4800-tonne first class iron protected cruiser of the French Navy.She was built in Rochefort in 1886 and commissioned in 1892. 1893 she took part in the naval review during the World's Columbian Exhibition. She was reinstated second class cruiser in 1897 and was sent to East Asia...
    
     (1889) - sunk 1907
  • Isly (1891) - struck 1914
• Classe Friant
  • Friant (1893) - struck 1920
  • Chasseloup Laubat (1893)
  • Bugeaud (1893) - struck 1907
• Classe Descartes
  • Descartes (1894) - struck 1920
  • Pascal (1895)
• Classe D'Assa
  • D'Assas (1896)
  • Du Chayla (1895)
  • Cassard (1896) - struck 1924
• Classe Catinat
  • Catinat (1896)
  • Protet (1898)
• D'Entrecasteaux (1896)
• Guichen (1897) - struck 1922
• Classe Destrées
  Destrées class cruiser
  The Destrées class was a type of protected cruiser of the French Navy, built in the late 1890s and which operated during the First World War.- Sources and references :...
  
  
  • Destrées
    French cruiser Destrées
    The Destrées was a protected cruiser of the French Navy, named in honour of Victor-Marie d'Estrées, and lead ship of her class.After her trials in 1900, Destrées was sent to Brest, where she was used for training....
    
     (1897) - struck 1922
  • Infernet (1899) - run aground 1910
• Jurien de la Gravière
  French cruiser Jurien de la Gravière
  The Jurien de la Gravière was the last protected cruiser built for the French Navy, named in honour of Edmond Jurien de la Gravière and his father, Pierre Roch Jurien de La Gravière....
  
   (1899) - struck 1922
• Pluton
  French cruiser Pluton
  The Pluton was a fast minelaying cruiser built for the French Navy in the late 1920s. She was also able to carry 1,000 troops on her mine deck as a fast troop transport. Shortly after completion she was modified and became a gunnery training ship, replacing the elderly armored cruiser...
  
  , sunk 1939
• Émile Bertin
  French cruiser Émile Bertin
  The Émile Bertin was a French fast light cruiser named after Louis-Émile Bertin, a 19th century naval architect. She was designed to operate both as a minelayer and as a destroyer flotilla leader. The design was the basis for later light and heavy French cruisers, particularly the slightly larger...
  
  
• Duguay-Trouin class
  Duguay-Trouin class cruiser
  The three Duguay-Trouin class light cruisers were built for France in the early 1920s.The fate of these three ships after the French surrender illustrates the dichotomy within the French armed forces at the time: one ship was interned, then joined the Free French, another twice resisted Allied...
  
  
  • Duguay-Trouin
    French cruiser Duguay-Trouin
    The Duguay-Trouin was the lead ship of a class of French light cruisers, launched in the early 1920s. She was named after René Duguay-Trouin, Sieur du Gué, French privateer, admiral and Commander in the Order of Saint-Louis.-Pre-war:...
    
    - scrapped 1952
  • Lamotte-Piquet
    French cruiser Lamotte-Piquet
    The La Motte-Picquet was a French Duguay-Trouin class light cruiser, launched in 1924, and named in honour of the 18th century admiral count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte....
    
    - sunk 1945
  • Primauget - ran aground 1942
• La Galissonnière class
  La Galissonnière class cruiser
  The La Galissonnière cruiser class was a group of six warships admitted in active service in the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until the completion of De Grasse in 1956. They are considered as fast, reliable and successful ships...
  
  
  • La Galissonnière
    French cruiser La Galissonnière
    La Galissonnière was the name-ship of a class of French light cruisers, named in honour of Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. During World War II, she served with Vichy France....
    
    - sunk 1944
  • Jean de Vienne
    French cruiser Jean de Vienne
    The Jean de Vienne was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During World War II, she remained with the Vichy France. She was named for Jean de Vienne a 14th century French knight, general and admiral during the Hundred Years' War....
    
    - sunk 1943
  • Marseillaise - scuttled 1942
  • Gloire
    French cruiser Gloire
    The Gloire was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class.After completing trials, Gloire arrived in Brest on 18 November 1937, then left for French Indochina on 1 December, returning to Brest on 16 April 1938. Gloire joined the 4th Cruiser Division in January 1939, with which she visited...
    
    
  • Montcalm
    French cruiser Montcalm
    The Montcalm was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class, named in honour of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. During World War II, she served with both Vichy France and the Allies.-Pre-war:...
    
    - scrapped 1970
  • Georges Leygues
    French cruiser Georges Leygues
    The Georges Leygues was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During World War II, she served with both the Vichy France and Allies. She was named for the prominent 19th and 20th century French politician Georges Leygues....
    
    
• Jeanne d'Arc
  French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930)
  The Jeanne d'Arc was a school cruiser of the French Navy, the second ship to bear the name.She was built in Saint-Nazaire in only two years, on plans by engineer Antoine. She was designed both as a school ship, and a fully capable warship....
  
  - scrapped 1966
• De Grasse - scrapped 1976
• Colbert - museum ship in Bordeaux
  Bordeaux
  Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
  
  

Heavy cruisers

• Duquesne class
  Duquesne class cruiser
  The Duquesne Class were the first class of post Washington Treaty heavy cruisers built for the French Navy. They have been criticised by naval architects for having very little armour and being lightly built...
  
  
  • Duquesne
    French cruiser Duquesne
    The Duquesne was a French Duquesne class heavy cruiser that served during World War II.After her launch, she was used on prestige missions.In January 1940, she took part in the hunt for the Admiral Graf Spee, and later returned to Alexandria...
    
    - scraped 1955
  • Tourville
    French cruiser Tourville
    The Tourville was a French Duquesne class heavy cruiser that served during World War II....
    
    - scraped 1962
• Suffren class
  Suffren class cruiser
  The Suffren class was a class of four heavy cruisers built for the French Navy in the late 1920s and early 1930s.The four ships of the class were:* Colbert, scuttled at Toulon during the scuttling of 27 November 1942....
  
  
  • Suffren
    French cruiser Suffren
    The Suffren was a heavy cruiser of the French Navy, the name ship of the four-ship Suffren class. Launched in 1927, she was named for the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, becoming the sixth vessel to bear the name Suffren.-World War II:In early June 1940, at the...
    
    - scraped 1974
  • Colbert
    French cruiser Colbert (1928)
    The Colbert was a French heavy cruiser of the Suffren class, that saw service in World War II. She was named for Jean Baptiste Colbert.Colbert was part of the 1st Light Division of the 1st Squadron in the Mediterranean, which also included Algérie and Dupleix...
    
    - scuttled 1942
  • Foch
    French cruiser Foch
    The Foch was a French heavy cruiser of the Suffren class, that saw service in World War II. She was the first French warship named for the French Marshall Ferdinand Foch....
    
    - scuttled 1942, scraped 1943
  • Dupleix
    French cruiser Dupleix
    The Dupleix was a French heavy cruiser of the Suffren type, that saw service during World War II. She was named for the 18th century Governor-General of French India Joseph François Dupleix....
    
    - scuttled 1942
• Algérie
  French cruiser Algérie
  The Algérie was a French heavy cruiser that served during the early years of World War II. She was built in response to the Italian Zara class cruisers, incorporating better armour than previous French cruisers....
  
  - scuttled 1942, scraped 1943