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World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations | Last Updated 31.12.98 |
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Free French Services
Services de la France Libre Free French Naval Forces Forces Navales Françaises Libres Provided by Alain Godec (Paris, France) |
| Battleships |
| COURBET: Used as anti-aircraft platform during the battle of Britain. Shot down five aircraft. Was scuttled on 09/06/44 near the coast of Normandy as a wave breaker for the artificial port Gooseberry 5. |
| Contre-Torpilleurs (Large Destroyers) |
| LEOPARD lost at sea 27/05/43 |
| TRIOMPHANT |
| Torpilleurs (Destroyers) |
| LA COMBATTANTE |
| MELPOMENE disarmed on January 1943 |
| Avisos |
| CHEVREUIL |
| COMMANDANT DOMINE |
| COMMANDANT DUBOC |
| LA MOQUEUSE |
| SARVORGNAN DE BRAZZA sink the Vichy warship BOUGAINVILLE in Libreville on 09/11/40. She comes under attack by the Vichy submarine VENGEUR on 27/07/41 and shoots down an enemy aircraft on 19/03/43. |
| Corvettes |
| ACONIT escorted 116 convoys and was 728 days at sea. 20 submarines attacked, two (U444, U432) sank within 24 hours on 11/03/43. 24 prisonners captured, 220 seamen rescued. |
| ALYSSE hit by torpedo on 08/02/42 and sank on 10/02/42. |
| COMMANDANT d'ESTIENNE d'ORVES |
| COMMANDANT DETROYAT |
| COMMANDANT DROGOU |
| LOBELIA sank the enemy submarine U609 on 07/02/43 and damages the U758 on 22/09/43. |
| MIMOSA sunk by torpedo on 09/06/42 |
| RENONCULE |
| ROSELYS |
| Submarines |
| CURIE: sank the cargo ship TSAR FERDINAND and the GM03 |
| JUNON: sank the cargo ship NORLAND |
| MINERVE |
| NARVAL sunk by a french mine near the Tunisian coast on 16/12/40 |
| RUBIS was mainly used for laying 683 mines in 28 missions. The mines accounted for 10 enemy cargo/merchant ships sank, 8 enemy navy ships sank and 2 crippled, an enemy submarine seriously crippled. She also sank the cargo HOGLAND using torpedoes. |
| SURCOUF lost due to collision on 18/02/42 off the coast of Panama. |
| Patrol Ships |
| POULMIC sunk by mine off Plymouth on 07/11/40 |
| PRESIDENT HOUDUCE |
| REINE DES FLOTS |
| VAILLANT disarmed on 18/01/41 |
| VIKINGS sunk by torpedo (U81) off Saïda on 16/04/42 |
| Auxiliary Merchant Cruiser |
| CAP DES PALMES probably sank a japanese submarine on 16/05/43 (reported by Japanese navy as missing). |
| Submarine Chasers |
| CH5 - CARENTAN lost at sea on 21/12/43 |
| CH8 - RENNES sunk by aerial bomb on 13/07/42 |
| CH10 - BAYONNE takes part in the landing at Dieppe and shoots down one enemy aircraft on 19/08/42 |
| CH11 - BOULOGNE |
| CH12 - BENODET |
| CH13 - CALAIS |
| CH14 - DIELETTE |
| CH15 - PAIMPOL |
| CH41 - AUDIERNE shoots down a Ju88 on 11/04/41. She takes part in the landing at Dieppe and shoots down two enemy aircraft on 19/08/42 |
| CH42 - LARMOR: shoots down a He111 on 22/05/41. She takes part in the landing at Dieppe. |
| CH43 - LAVANDOU: She shoots down an enemy aircraft on 13/05/41 and 31/05/42. She takes part in the landing at Dieppe and shoots down two enemy aircraft on 19/08/42. |
| Mine Sweepers |
| A.D.92 - CONGRE |
| A.D.112 KERIADO |
| A.D.38 LUCIENNE-JEANNE |
| Harbor Motor Boats |
| HDML BAALBECK 1164 |
| HDML PALMYRE 1143 |
| 23rd Flottilla of Motor Torpedo Boats |
| MTB90 |
| MTB91 |
| MTB92 |
| MTB94 sinks an enemy mine-sweeper on 11/03/43. |
| MTB96 |
| MTB98 |
| MTB227 |
| MTB239 |
| Motor Launches (all disarmed in August 1942) |
| ML052 GALANTRY |
| ML062 LANGLADE |
| ML063 - COLOMBIER |
| ML123 - SAINT-RENAN |
| ML182 - SEIN |
| ML205 - OUESSANT |
| ML245 - SAINT-GUENOLE |
| ML246 - SAINT-YVES |
| ML247 - SAINT-ALAIN |
| ML269 - BENIGUET |
| ML303 - MOLENE |
| Miscellaneous |
| HMS FIDELITY: French cargo ship RHIN converted by the Royal Navy. Sunk by U435 on 30/12/42. |
| Naval Air Units |
| Naval Fighter Group: Flottilla 6F |
| Naval Ground Units |
| 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers-Marins |
| 2e Bataillon de Fusiliers-Marins |
| 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers-Marins Commandos |
| Non-Combat Units |
| Base and Training Ships |
| BOUCLIER |
| Pdt THEODORE TISSIER |
| AMIENS |
| ARRAS |
| EPINAL |
| Schooner (training) |
| BELLE POULE |
| ETOILE |
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