French Navy Corvettes and Patrol ShipsReturn to French Navy SubmarinesD’Estienne d’Orves Class (A69 type avisos) LOA 262′ TDISP 1,270 tons (17 built, 6 transferred to Turkey, most of rest of class is retired, service since 1976)
A fine view of Lieutenant de Vaisseau Lavallée F-790 underway, ca. 1991. NARA: US Navy Official 330-CFD-DN-SN-92-01852D’Entrecasteaux class Oceanic Patrol Ships LOA 210-260′ TDISP 2,300 tons (4 active, service since 2016)
D’Entrecasteaux visiting Fleet Base East, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2016. Credit: Inspector69r, CC BY-SA 4.0L’Audacieuse (P-400) Class LOA 180′ TDISP 480 tons (1 active, 6 retired, service since 1986) Used in overseas French ports.
La Tapageuse P-691, n.d. Credit: Marine nationale / Reynald Boivin, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsAlbatros P-681 (1984-ca.2018) converted trawler formerly Neve (1967) LOA 279′ TDISP 2,850
Albatros P-681, ca. March 2013. Credit: franek2, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia CommonsContinue to French Navy Auxiliaries and Other Ships