法國海軍有相當悠久的歷史，但由於拿破崙與西班牙的無敵艦隊(Armada)的聯合艦隊於特拉法加海戰慘敗於英國納爾遜領軍的皇家海軍，加上一戰前海軍戰略發展錯誤，從此法國海軍的規模就沒再超過英國皇家海軍了。相較於家大業大的美國海軍與皇家海軍，法國海軍雖然在二戰時期也是世界海軍五強之一，但整體海軍的總噸位不要說無法跟後起之秀美國海軍相比，也遠遜於皇家海軍，二戰開戰前甚至還不及遠東的日本聯合艦隊，加上後來德國以閃擊戰席捲全歐，法國維奇政府選擇投降以避免法國遭到大規模破壞，而自由法國則是由戴高樂將軍領軍在各地以游擊方式打擊德軍。而英國皇家海軍為了防止法國的主力作戰艦艇落入納粹德國之手，決定對昔日的盟友在北非凱比爾港的主力艦隊展開突襲，代號為彈弓計畫(Operation Catapult)，造成法國北非艦隊嚴重的損失，也因此法國海軍在二戰後期幾乎沒啥影響力。話雖如此，今日法國海軍目前仍是北大西洋公約組織的主力海軍骨幹部隊之一，在歐洲戰力可說是僅次於聯合王國，同時也跟英美一樣，只有核子動力潛艇SSBN與SSN服役，雖然法國目前也建造並輸出傳統動力潛艇，但畢竟僅是外賣或技轉給海外盟國用的，而法國也是美國之外世界目前唯二有核子動力航空母艦服役的國家，而目前也將技轉核子動力潛艦技術給巴西。
法國二戰時期主力作戰艦艇主力艦通常以法國地名與著名人物命名，重巡洋艦與輕巡洋艦則主要以人名命名。但近代法國海軍艦艇命名則越來越多樣化，連自然現象、寶石、海洋生物等等都用來作為主戰艦艇與潛艇命名。
法國出了不少思想家如提出三權分立的孟德斯鳩，是世界目前民主國家的政府組織的重要基礎，建立雙首長制的戴高樂。法國更有很多數學家如巴斯卡、傅立葉以及費馬等等，發展了很多近代數學的基礎理論。法國國旗代表的自由、平等與博愛也是受世界很多國家採用為設計國旗的參考，拿破崙遺留後世的拿破崙法典更是近代民法的基礎，法國的時尚工業與美食料理與現代科技也有不少獨特與風行世界之處。而且目前世界海運的兩大要道蘇黎士運河與巴拿馬運河其實一開始都是法國人先開鑿的，只是後來蘇黎士運河被英國人買下現在則由埃及政府掌控，而巴拿馬運河一開始法國人開鑿的過程並不順利，後來由美國人接手才完工，但目前巴拿馬運河的經營權也回到巴拿馬政府手中，至於巴拿馬運河的擴建工程目前也如火如荼地進行中。
著名艦艇名稱有聖女貞德(英法百年戰爭的法國女英雄)、黎敍留(太陽王路易十四主政時的法國名相、法國海軍之父)、讓·巴特(海軍將領)，以及一系列的法語形容詞。法語其實在英語流行前是世界最主要的國際語言，現代英文不少字彙也來自於法文，直到美國在第二次世界大戰後主導戰後的世界秩序，英語才成為世界最主流的國際語言，但法文仍是世界外交家最流通的國際語言。
Jeanne d'Arc
French frigate Jeanne d'Arc (1820), a 52-gun frigate (1820–1834) built in Brest. She was the flagship of the Caribbean squadron.
French frigate Jeanne d'Arc (1837), a 42-gun frigate (1837–1865), commissioned in 1852. She took part in the Crimean War. Renamed Prudente in 1865, decommissioned in 1898
French corvette Jeanne d'Arc, an armoured corvette (1867–1885) built in Cherbourg
French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1899), a cruiser built in 1901
French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930), a light cruiser built in 1930
French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (R97), a helicopter cruiser
Richelieu
French ironclad Richelieu (1873), a central battery ironclad.[1][note 1]
French patrol boat Richelieu (1915), an auxiliary patrol boat.[1]
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was originally to have been named Richelieu.[1][3]
French aircraft carrier PA2 (now cancelled) would potentially have been named Richelieu.[4]
Le Triomphant
Le Triomphant (1667), a ship of the line launched as Princesse ("Princess"), renamed Triomphant in 1671, and Constant ("reliable one") in 1678.
Le Triomphant (1675), a ship of the line launched as Constant and renamed in 1678
Le Triomphant (1693), a ship of the line
Le Triomphant (1778), a ship of the line
Le Triomphant (1804), a ship of the line
Triomphante, a La Galissonnière-class ironclad launched in 1877 and sold in 1903
Le Triomphant, a Fantasque-class destroyer (1931–1957)
Le Triomphant (S616), lead ship of the Triomphant class of strategic missile submarines
Terrible
French ship Terrible (1670), a 68-gun ship of the line (1670–1678), built at Brest. She took part in the Battle of Schooneveld on 7 June 1673. She was wrecked in the Caribbean Sea on the 11 May 1678.
French ship Terrible (1679), an 80-gun ship of the line (1679–1692). Built at Brest in 1679, she took part in the Battle of Bévézier on 10 July 1690 and in the Battle of La Hougue; she was burnt by Anglo-Dutch forces at La Hougue on 3 June 1692.
French ship Terrible (1681), a Fulminante-class bomb ship (1681–1696) built in Toulon
French ship Terrible (1693), a 100-gun ship of the line (1693–1714) built at Brest, which took part in the Battle of Lagos (1693) and in the Battle of Vélez-Málaga on 24 August 1704
French ship Terrible (1739), a 74-gun ship of the line (1737–1762). Built at Toulon, she was launched in 1739 and took part in the Battle of Toulon in 1744. She was captured by the English in the 25 October 1747.
French ship Terrible (1779), a 110-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class (1779–1802). Built at Toulon, she took part in the Battle of the Glorious First of June and to the cruise of Bruix in 1799.
French ship Terrible (1793), a gunboat (1793–1795) built at Dieppe, renamed to Trombe in 1795.
French ship Terrible (1793), a gunboat (1793–1795); along with Chiffonne, she captured the 40-gun English frigate HMS Minerva in 1803
French ship Terrible (1796), a privateer (1796), was captured and destroyed by HMS Hazard.
Terrible, a privateer captured by HMS Penguin on the 24 May 1797.
Terrible, a bomb ship (1800)
Terrible, a 110-gun Commerce de Paris-class ship of the line (1811–1814) built in Antwerp, never finished and sold for scrap.
French ironclad Terrible (1877), an ironclad coast-guard (1877–1911). Launched in 1881, she displaced 7,700 tonnes with 6,200 horsepower (4,623 kW). She carried two 274 mm guns, four 100 mm guns and two torpedo launchers. She was decommissioned and used as a target ship.
French destroyer Le Terrible, a destroyer of the Le Fantasque class.
French submarine Le Terrible (S612), a strategic nuclear submarine (SNLE) of the Redoutable class launched on 12 December 1969 and decommissioned on the 1 July 1996.
French submarine Le Terrible (S619), a strategic nuclear submarine (SNLE) of the Triomphant class, launched on 21 March 2008 and join active service in 2010.
Téméraire
French ship Téméraire (1669), a 54-gun ship of the line (1669–1694).
French ship Téméraire (1695), a 50-gun ship of the line (1695–1718).
French ship Téméraire (1726), a West Indiaman (1726–1737).
French ship Téméraire (1749), a 74-gun ship of the line (1748–1794). She was captured by the English HMS Warspite at the Battle of Lagos on the 19 August 1759, and became HMS Temeraire.
French cutter Téméraire (1780), a cutter (1780–1784).
French ship Téméraire (1782), a ship of the line (1782–1801), lead ship of the Téméraire class. She took part in the bataille du 13 prairial an 2.
French cutter Téméraire (1795), a cutter launched as Révolutionnaire and renamed in 1795. Captured by HMS Dido on 13 April 1795. Recaptured the next month.
Téméraire, a xebec. HMS Dido captured her on 9 July 1795 and the British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Transfer. She was sold in 1803.
French torpedo boat Téméraire (1889), a torpedo boat (1889–1911).
French destroyer Téméraire, a torpedo boat (1911–1936), built for Argentina as San Juan, requisitioned for the war and renamed to Téméraire in 1914.
French torpedo boat Téméraire (1944), a torpedo boat (1944), sunk in a bombing in Toulon in August 1944.
French submarine Le Téméraire (S617), the second submarine of the Triomphant class, presently in active service.
Jean Bart
Jean Bart: a 74-gun ship of the line (1791–1809)
Jean Bart: a 20-gun corvette, lead ship of her class, she sailed the Channel, the North Sea and the Atlantic as far as New York before Cerberus and Santa Margarita captured her in the Channel in 1795; taken into the Royal Navy as Arab, but wrecked 1796 on the Penmarks.
Gunboat Jean Bart, which Admiral Hood took into British service in September–October 1793 at Toulon, and put under the command of Lieutenant Cox. The British may have burnt her when they withdrew from the city.[1]
Jean Bart: a British lugger of eight guns and 50 tons (bm) that the French captured in August 1793; briefly renamed Joyeaux (1795–96), she was decommissioned in 1800 at Cherbourg.
Jean Bart: Launched at Bayonne in 1786 as a privateer, she was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy from 1794 that the Royal Navy captured in 1795 and sold in 1797 at Jamaica.
Jean Bart: possibly requisitioned in 1803, she was armed in November and was decommissioned on 31 March 1807.
troop ship n°799 (1803–1806)
troop ship n°816 (1803–1806)
Jean Bart, a 74-gun ship of the line (1820–1833)
Jean Bart, an 80-gun ship of the line
The ship of the line Donawerth was renamed Jean Bart in September 1868
Jean Bart, a first class cruiser of 4,800 tonnes
Jean Bart, a 23,600 tonne battleship; the first French dreadnought
Jean Bart, the last French battleship completed, 40,000 tonnes and armed with 380mm/45 Modèle 1935 guns
Jean Bart (1988), an anti-aircraft frigate, in service with the French Navy from 1991 to 2021
Forbin
- A first-class propeller aviso (1859–1884)
French cruiser Forbin, a second-class cruiser (1885–1921)
An auxiliary patrol boat of the Free French Forces (1944). Originally a cargo ship, she was captured by the British in Gibraltar and requisitioned. She was eventually scuttled in Arromanches to be used as an artificial harbour on the 9 June 1944, in the context of the Invasion of Normandy.
French destroyer Forbin (1928), a L'Adroit-class destroyer (1928–1952)
French destroyer Forbin (D635), a T 53-class destroyer, (1955–1992)
French frigate Forbin, a Horizon-class frigate commissioned in 2008
Indomptable
Indomptable (1789–1805), a double-deck 80-gun ship which fought at the Glorious First of June and the Battle of Trafalgar.
Indomptable (1810–1813), a ship captured by the English 38-gun frigate Bacchante.
Indomptable (1877–1910), a coastal battleship.
L'Indomptable (1933–1942), a Fantasque-class destroyer, destroyed in the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in 1942.
Indomptable (1976–2005), a Redoutable-class submarine.
Inflexible
Inflexible (1755), a 64-gun Hardi-class ship of the line
Golymin (1812), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line, was initially to be named Inflexible.
Roi-de-Rome (1816), a 116-gun Océan-class ship of the line, was named Inflexible at some point. She was never launched.
Friedland (1840), a 116-gun Océan-class ship of the line, was ordered as Inflexible and renamed several times while on keel before being eventually launched as Friedland.
Inflexible (1840), a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line.
Inflexible (S615), a Redoutable-class ballistic submarine.
Redoutable
Redoutable (1749), 74-gun ship of the line. She took part in the landing in Mahon under Admiral la Galissonière. She was destroyed in Lagos in 1759.
Redoutable (1791), a 74-gun ship of the line. One of her snipers killed Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Redoutable (1800), an aviso captured by HMS Success on 26 June 1800.
Redoutable (1801) a coastguard.
Redoutable (1804) a xebec.
Redoutable (1853), an Algésiras-class ship of the line.
Redoutable (1876), the first warship in the world to be built in steel.
Redoutable (1928) (1930), lead ship of the Redoutable-class submarines before the Second World War.
Redoutable (S611) (1971), first SNLE submarine of the French Navy, now a museum and the largest submarine in the world open to the public.
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