List of French cruisers

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French armoured cruiser Jules Michelet, carrying the General-Governeur of French Indochina, mooring in the harbor of Tandjong Priok, April 1929

[edit] Cruisers

Dupuy de Lôme (1890)
Amiral Charner class
- Amiral Charner (1893) - sunk by torpedo 1916
- Bruix (1894) - scrapped in 1920
- Chanzy (1894) - sunk 1907
- Latouche-Tréville (1892) - scrapped 1926
Pothuau (1895) - scrapped 1929
Jeanne d'Arc (1901) - scrapped 1934
Gueydon class
- Gueydon (1899) - scrapped 1942
- Montcalm (1900) - scrapped 1943
- Dupetit-Thouars (1901) - sunk by torpedo 1918
Dupleix class
- Dupleix (1900) - scrapped 1922
- Desaix (1901) - scrapped 1927
- Kléber (1902) - suck by mine 1917
Gloire class
- Gloire (1900)
- Marseillaise (1900)
- Sully (1901) - sunk 1905
- Condé (1902)
- Amiral Aube (1902)
Léon Gambetta class
- Léon Gambetta (1901) - torpedoed 1915
- Jules Ferry (1903)
- Victor Hugo (1904) - scrapped 1930
Jules Michelet (1905)
Ernest Renan (1906) - struck 1931

the Waldeck-Rousseau

The 1888 French cruiser Amiral Cécille.

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 (1888) - struck 1908
- Cosmao (1889)
- Lalande (1889)
Classe Linois
- Linois (1894)
- Galilée (1896)
- Lavoisier (1897) - struck 1920
Chateaurenault laid down 1896, completed 1902, sunk 1917
Classe Alger
- Alger (1889) - Hulked 1911
- Jean Bart (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 (1897) - struck 1922
- Infernet (1899) - run aground 1910
Jurien de la Gravière (1899) - struck 1922
Pluton, sunk 1939
Émile Bertin
Duguay-Trouin class
- Duguay-Trouin - scrapped 1952
- Lamotte-Piquet - sunk 1945
- Primauget - ran aground 1942
La Galissonnière class
- La Galissonnière - sunk 1944
- Jean de Vienne - sunk 1943
- Marseillaise - scuttled 1942
- Gloire
- Montcalm - scrapped 1970
- Georges Leygues
Jeanne d'Arc - scrapped 1966
De Grasse - scrapped 1976
Colbert - museum ship in Bordeaux

Duquesne class
- Duquesne - scraped 1955
- Tourville - scraped 1962
Suffren class
- Suffren - scraped 1974
- Colbert - scuttled 1942
- Foch - scuttled 1942, scraped 1943
- Dupleix - scuttled 1942
Algérie - scuttled 1942, scraped 1943