During our recent cruise, we moored at La Seyne-sur-Mer, opposite the French naval base of Toulon. This gave me the opportunity to photograph several warships that were in the naval base.
FNS Charles de Gaulle
The French Navy's sole aircraft carrier was in Toulon, apparently undergoing a refit.
Mistral-class helicopter carrier-amphibious assault ship
The class comprises three vessels, FNS Mistral, FNS Tonnere, and FNS Dixmude.
Horizon-class air-defence destroyers/frigates
The class comprises two vessels, FNS Forbin and FNS Chevalier Paul. (The French do not use the term destroyer for these ships and rate them as frigates, but these ships perform an air-defence role which other navies rate as destroyers.)
La Fayette-class general-purpose frigate
This class comprises five ships, FNS La Fayette, FNS Surcouf, FNS Courbet, FNS Aconit, and FNS Guépratte.
D'Estienne d'Orves-class offshore patrol vessels (formerly avisos or sloops/light corvettes)
This class comprises five active ships (six have been transferred to the Turkish Navy and six have been decommissioned and/or scrapped), FNS Commandant Blaison, FNS Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacoubet, FNS Commandant Ducuing, FNS Commandant Birot, and FNS Commandant Bouan.
Durance-class multi-product replenishment oilers
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This class comprised five ships, of which three have been decommissioned, one was sold to Argentina, and one remains in service (FNS Somme).
The hulk of the decommissioned vessel of the Suffren-class of air-defence frigates was moored some way from the main naval base.
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