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

The rank insignia of the French Navy are worn on epaulettes of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. 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. ...

Until 2005, only officers had an anchor on their insigna, but warrant officers are now receiving them as well.

Unlike the French Army, officers are not called Mon Commandant, but only Commandant; this custom dates back to the Battle of Trafalgar, when Napoleon decided that French Navy officers did not deserve to be called "monsieur" (the "mon" in mon Commandant does not mean "my", but "sir"). The French Army (Armée de Terre) is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces. ... The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805, was the most significant naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars and the pivotal naval battle of the 19th century. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

Commanding officers have titles of capitaine, but are called commandant (in the amry, both capitaine and commandant are ranks, which tends to stir some confusion among the public).

The two highest ranks, vice-amiral d'escadre and amiral, are functions, rather than ranks. They are assumed by officers ranking vice-amiral.

Officiers généraux - General officers
Contre-Amiral	Vice-Amiral	Vice-Amiral d'escadre	Amiral
Counter-Admiral	Vice-Admiral	Squadron Vice-Amiral	Admiral
Officiers supérieurs - Senior officers
Capitaine de corvette	Capitaine de frégate	Capitaine de vaisseau
Corvette Captain	Frigate Capitain	Ship of the Line Capitain
Officiers subalternes - Junior officers
Aspirant	Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe	Enseigne de vaisseau de première classe	Lieutenant de vaisseau
Midshipman	Ship of the Line enseign second class	Ship of the Line enseign first class	Ship of theline lieutenant
Officiers mariniers - Warrant Officers
Second-maître	Maître	Premier-maître	Maître-principal	Major
Second-master	Master	First master	Main master	Major
Matelots et quartiers-maîtres - Sailors and quarter-masters
Matelot	Matelot breveté	Quartier-maître de 2ème classe	Quartier-maître de 1ère classe
Sailor	Diplomed sailor	Quarter-master second class	Quarter-master first class