Marine Nationale

Components Force d'Action Navale Force Océanique Stratégique Aviation Navale FORFUSCO Commandos de Marine Fusiliers de Marine Gendarmerie Navale History History of the French Navy Future of the French Navy Ships Current Fleet Current deployments Historic ships Historic Fleets Personnel Naval Ministers Préfet Maritime Ranks in the French Navy

Four ships of the French Navy have bourne the name Belle Poule: Navy officers on the bridges of the Motte-Picquet frigate French Navy summer uniforms Frigate division of the French Navy in Toulon harbour The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the Royal Navy). ... French Navy jack and ensign. ... The Force dAction Navale (FAN) is the 12,000-man and about 100-ship strong backbone of the French Navy. ... The Force Océanique Stratégique (FOST, Strategic Oceanic Force) are the strategic submarine forces of the French Navy. ... The Aviation Navale (Naval Air Force) of the French Navy includes 162 airplanes (138 of them combat-capable) and 6 800 men, both civilians and military personel. ... The Naval Light Infantry and Naval Commandos units are under command of the Force Maritime des Fusiliers Marins et Commandos (FORFUSCO) in Lorient. ... Categories: Stub ... The Fusiliers de Marine, or fusiliers marins, are units specialised in the protection and defence of sensitive points of the French Navy on land. ... The Gendarmerie Navale, or Gendarmerie maritime, is a 1 100-man strong corps of the French Navy. ... The French navy is affectionately known as La Royale (the Royal), for its supposed attachement to the monarchy; it is to be noted that some of the greatest heroes of the First Republic were in the French Navy (Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca, Robert Surcouf, Latouche-Tréville). ... The French Navy is undertaking a significant reinforcement, both in modernising and in number, under the Projet de loi de programmation militaire 2003-2008 (Military programme law project 2003-2008)[1] , which notably calls for A second aircraft carrier - conventionally propelled (the current Charles De Gaulle is nuclear), and built... // Aircraft carriers Charles de Gaulle nuclear aricraft carrier Charles de Gaulle Planned: Second aircraft carrier Projection and Command vessels Mistral Projection and Command vessel Mistral class - 2 ships Mistral Tonnerre Helicopter Carriers Jeanne dArc Jeanne dArc (normally used for training) (Note that most amphibious ships are capable of... List of British fleets of World War I British Grand Fleet List of British fleets of World War II British Eastern Fleet British Home Fleet British Mediterranean Fleet British Pacific Fleet List of United States fleets US Atlantic Fleet US Pacific Fleet US Asiatic Fleet For a list of numbered... One of ancien régime Frances Secretaries of State was entrusted with control of the French Navy. ... From left to right: Capitaine de Vaisseau Xavier Magne (captain of the Charles De Gaulle), vice-amiral descadre Alain Dumontet, commander of the Force dAction Navale, and contre-amiral Edouard Guillaud, Préfet maritime of the English Channel and North Sea. ... The rank insignia of the French Navy are worn on epaulettes of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. ...

• the 26-gun frigate Belle Poule (1765), famous for her duel against the English frigate HMS Arethusa on the 17 June 1778, which was the beginning of French interventions in the American war of Independance. She was captured by the English in 1780.
• the 40-gun frigate Belle Poule(1802-1806) which raided commerce in the Indian Ocean.
• the 60-gun frigate Belle Poule (1828-1888), famous for bringing back the ashes of Napoléon from Saint Helena to France in 1840. She was under command of François d'Orléans, prince of Joinville, and had been painted black for the mission.
• The modern schooner Belle Poule, training ship of the Naval Academy, whose deeds with the Free French Forces during the Second World War are commemorated by her flag, which bears the croix de Lorraine.