List of destroyers of France
Introduction 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 *  (1899) — 4 ships** (M1)** (M'1)** (M'2)** (M'3)*  (1899) — 4 ships** (M'4)** (M'5)** (M'6)** (M'7)*  or ''Pertuisane'' class (1900) — 4 ships** (M'8)** (M'9)** (M'10)** (M'11)*   (1902) — 20 ships** (M'12)** (M'13)** (M'14)** (M'15)** (M'16)** (M'17)** (M'18)** (M'19)** (M'20)** (M'21)** (M'22)** (M'23)** (M'24)** (M'25)** (M'26)** (M'27)** (M'28)** (M'29)** (M'30)** (M'31)*   (1905) — 13 ships** (M'32)** (M'33)** (M'34)** (M'35)** (M'36)** (M'37)** (M'38)** (M'39)** (M'40)** (M'41)** (M44)** (M45)** (M46)*  (1907) — 10 ships** (M'42)** (M'43)** (M47)** (M48)** (M49)** (M50)** (M51)** (M52)** (M53)** (M54)*  (1908) — 7 ships** (M55)** (M59)** (M60)** (M61)** (M62)** (M84)** (M85)*  (1908) — 2 ships** (M56)** (M57)*  (1909) — 4 ships** (M58)** — sold to Peru as BAP ''Teniente Rodríguez'' before completion** (M63)** (M64)** (M65)*  (1911) — 12 ships** (M66)** (M67)** (M68)** (M69)** (M70)** (M71)** (M72)** (M73)** (M74)** (M75)** (M76)** (M77)*  (1912) — 6 ships** (M78)** (M79)** (M80)** (M81)** (M82)** (M83)*  (1914) — 4 ships*********  (1915) — 3 ships** (M86)** (M87)** (M88) — completed to a modified design*  (1915) — 2 ships, Cancelled**M89**M90*  (1917) — 12 ships************************
Between the World Wars *  — 2 ships, Cancelled**''Lion''**''Guépard''
World War II *  — 6 ships** ** ** ** ** ** *  — 6 ships** ** ** ** ** ** *  — 6 ships** ** ** ** ** ** *  — 6 ships** ** ** ** ** ** *  — 6 ships** ** ** ** ** ** *  — 2 ships** ** *  — 12 ships** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *  — 14 ships** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *  — 8 ships** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Post-war *  — all 12 units retired in the 1980s. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *  — all 6 units retired in the 1970s & 1980s. ** ** ** ** ** ** *  class — 1 ship, decommissioned in 1996
See also *Escorteur
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