Minerve (Q185/P26) was the lead ship of the Minerve-class submarines of the French Navy. Commissioned in 1936, during World War II she served in the Free...
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Minerve-class submarines were a class of submarine built for the French Navy prior to World War II. The class were based on the French Admiralty 630 series...
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The submarines of France include nuclear attack submarines and nuclear ballistic missile submarines of various classes, operated by the French Navy as...
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Surcouf [syʁ.kuf] was a large French gun-armed cruiser submarine of the mid 20th century. She carried two 203 mm guns as well as anti-aircraft guns and...
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(1809–1810) Minerve (1831), a 32-gun frigate (1836–1874) Minerve (1865), a steam frigate of the Vénus class Minerve (1934), a submarine of the FNFL (1936–1946)...
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Iris (Q188) was a Minerve-class submarine of the French Navy, commissioned in 1936. The boat was interned in Spain from November 1942, following the scuttling...
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The French submarine fleet of World War II was one of the largest in the world at that time. It saw action during the war but had a chequered service history...
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the city in December. Other French ships named Iris: Iris (1806), a 20-gun corvette. Iris (1934), a Minerve-class submarine This article includes a list...
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was a class of fifteen coastal submarines designed for the French Navy. The prototype – Aurore – was authorised in 1934, the next four in 1937, a further...
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supply submarines and long-range fleet submarines. They also had submarines with the highest submerged speeds (I-201-class submarines) and submarines that...
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France and French North Africa for several months. In October the ship sailed for French Indochina with aircraft, material and supplies as the French...
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1933 naval gun 13.2 mm(0.5 in) machinegun Model 1929 French Pre-war Torpedoes (in French) French cruiser Algérie at alabordache.fr Algerie on Uboat.net...
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Ajax was a Redoutable-class submarine of the French Navy launched in 1930 at Brest, France. It participated in the Second World War, first on the side...
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Jean-Marie Querville (category Articles containing French-language text)
entrusted with the command of the 1st Submarine Division of the Free French Naval Forces, composed of submarine Minerve, Rubis and Junon, which he trained...
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List of friendly fire incidents (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
Free French Naval Forces submarine Minerve was on the surface in the Western Approaches about 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) west of Brest, France, performing...
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Jules Verne (A640) was a submarine tender of the French Navy commissioned in 1932. She saw service during World War II, first on the side of the Allies...
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before the Germans won the Battle of France in June, Richelieu fled to Dakar in French West Africa to keep her under French control. There, she came under repeated...
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Le Centaure was a French Navy Redoutable-class submarine of the M6 series commissioned in 1935. She participated in World War II, first on the side of...
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Le Fantasque-class destroyer (category Articles containing French-language text)
destroyers was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930. They served in World War II for both Vichy France and the Free French Forces. The Le Fantasque-class...
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Mogador-class destroyer (category Articles containing French-language text)
49 Jordan p. 55 Jordan, pp. 49–50 Jordan, p. 50 "French 138.6 mm/45 (5.46") Models 1929 and 1934". 14 October 2007. Archived from the original on 25...
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Dunkerque-class battleship (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
battleships built for the French Navy in the 1930s; the two ships were Dunkerque and Strasbourg. They were the first French battleships built since the...
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The Redoutable-class submarines were a group of 31 submarines built between 1924 and 1937 for the French Navy. Most of the class saw service during the...
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The Argonaute class were a sub-class of the 600 Series submarines built for the French Navy prior to World War II. There were five vessels in the class...
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Sfax was a French Navy Redoutable-class submarine of the M6 series commissioned in 1936. She participated in World War II, first on the side of the Allies...
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The Diane-class submarines were a group of nine submarines built for the French Navy during the 1930s. Six boats were sunk during the Second World War...
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The Saphir-class submarines were a class of six submarines built in France between 1926 and 1935 for the French Navy. Most saw action during World War...
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Pégase was a French Navy Redoutable-class submarine of the M6 series commissioned in 1932. She participated in World War II, first on the side of the Allies...
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The Requin-class submarines were a class of nine diesel-electric attack submarines built for the French Navy in the mid-1920s. Most saw action during World...
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Bougainville-class aviso (category Articles containing French-language text)
or sloops, built for the French Navy during the 1930s. They were designed to operate in the remote locations of the French Empire. The Bougainville-class...
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Bretagne-class battleship (category Articles containing French-language text)
building. Late that year, the French Navy laid down the first of the four Courbet class ships. To remedy the inferiority of the French fleet, the government passed...
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