List of destroyers of France
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The following is a list of destroyers of France. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. The Fantasque was the fastest destroyer class ever built.
World War I
- Template:Sclass- (1899) — 4 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1899) — 4 ships
- Template:Sclass- or Pertuisane class (1900) — 4 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1902) — 20 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1905) — 13 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1907) — 10 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1908) — 7 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1908) — 2 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1909) — 4 ships
- Chasseur
- Actée — sold to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez before completion
- Cavalier
- Fantassin
- Janissaire
- Template:Sclass- (1911) — 12 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1912) — 6 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1914) — 4 ships
- Template:Sclass- (1915) — 3 ships
- Enseigne Roux
- Mécanicien Principal Lestin
- Enseigne Gabolde — completed to a modified design
- Template:Sclass- (1915) — 2 ships, Cancelled
- M89
- M90
- Template:Sclass- (1917) — 12 ships
Between the World Wars
- Template:Sclass- — 2 ships, Cancelled
- Lion
- Guépard
World War II
- Template:Sclass- — 6 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 6 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 6 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 6 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 6 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 2 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 12 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 14 ships
- Template:Sclass- — 8 ships
Post-war
- Template:Sclass2- — all 12 units retired in the 1980s.
- Template:Sclass2- — all 6 units retired in the 1970s & 1980s.
- Template:Sclass- — 2 ships, 1 decommissioned in 2008, the other out of service 2008.
- Aconit class — 1 ship, decommissioned in 1996.
- Template:Sclass- (F67 type) — 3 ships, last decommissioned in May 2013.
- Georges Leygues class — 7 ships, 2 ships in service.
- Cassard class — 2 ships, 1 ship in service.
- Template:Sclass2- — 2 ships in service.
- Template:Sclass- — 4 ships in service.