French Navy

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branch of the armed forces navy

The French Navy is the maritime military force of France, historically notable for its crucial support to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War and its longstanding role as a major European naval power.

Aliases (10)

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of the armed forces → navy →
alliance	North Atlantic Treaty Organization →
alliedWith	Continental Army →
commandedBy	Chief of Staff of the French Navy →
commonName	French Navy →
country	France →
engagedInBattle	Battle of Trafalgar → Battle of the Chesapeake →
engagedInConflict	Cold War naval operations → Napoleonic Wars → Seven Years War → World War I → World War II →
hasCapability	air defense → amphibious warfare → anti-submarine warfare → blue-water navy → carrier strike group operations → maritime patrol → nuclear deterrent →
hasComponent	French Commandos Marine → French Fusiliers Marins → French Naval Aviation → French Naval Infantry → French Naval Special Forces → French Submarine Forces → French Surface Fleet →
headquartersLocation	Paris →
historicalRole	major European naval power → support to American colonies during the American Revolutionary War →
mainNavalBase	Brest → Cherbourg → Toulon →
militaryBranchType	maritime force →
motto	Honneur, patrie, valeur, discipline →
nativeName	Marine nationale →
operatesVessel	Charles de Gaulle-class aircraft carrier → FREMM multipurpose frigate → air-defense frigate → aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle → amphibious assault ship → ballistic missile submarine → mine countermeasures vessel → nuclear-powered attack submarine → offshore patrol vessel → support ship →
partOf	French Armed Forces →
responsibility	protection of French exclusive economic zone → protection of French territorial waters → strategic oceanic force of France →
role	deterrence → maritime security → naval warfare → power projection →
serviceBranchOf	Ministry of the Armed Forces of France →
supportedConflict	American Revolutionary War →
trainingInstitution	École navale →
usesAircraft	Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft → NH90 helicopter → Rafale M →
usesLanguage	French →

Referenced by (112)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anne Hilarion de Tourville → Bertrand Fagalde → François Darlan → François Joseph Paul de Grasse → François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers → Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans → Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans → Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran → Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran → Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse → Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza →	militaryBranch
Charles de Gaulle → Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard → Exocet → French flagship L’Orient → Guillaume Tell → Océan → RBE2 radar → Spartiate →	operator
French Ministry of Defence complex → Kwang-Chou-Wan → Lockheed P-2 Neptune → Potez 25 → Supermarine Seafire → Westland Lynx →	usedBy
Battle of La Hogue (1692) ("French Royal Navy") → Battle of Navarino → Battle of Texel (1673) ("French navy") → Quasi-War → Siege of Yorktown →	hasParticipant
French Fusiliers Marins → French Naval Aviation → French Naval Special Forces → French Submarine Forces → French Surface Fleet →	partOf
Croix de Guerre → Honneur et Patrie → Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran ("French Royal Navy") → Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois →	associatedWith
French Surface Fleet → L’Orient → Redoutable → École navale →	operatedBy
Dassault Rafale → French Fusiliers Marins ("Marine nationale") → Océan ("Marine nationale") → Redoutable ("Marine royale") →	serviceBranch
Battle of Lagos → Battle of Quiberon Bay → Bombardment of Odessa →	combatant
Anne Hilarion de Tourville → Jacques-Yves Cousteau → Pierre Puget →	employer
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → Operation Dynamo → Second Anglo-Mysore War →	involved
Continental Army → Saudi Arabian Navy →	alliedWith
Battle of the Nile → Siege of Louisbourg (1745) →	belligerent
Berlin Decree ("French navy") → Continental System ("French navy") →	enforcedBy
Charles de Gaulle → Océan →	flagshipOf
Jacques-Yves Cousteau → Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville →	memberOf
Brest blockade → Italian invasion of France →	opposedBy
Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces → Ministry of the Armed Forces of France →	oversees
Dassault Rafale → Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard →	primaryUser
FAMAS assault rifle → HK416F →	standardServiceRifleOf
Musée national de la Marine →	administeredBy
Egyptian Navy →	alliesWith
Médaille militaire →	awardedToBranch
French Submarine Forces ("Marine nationale") →	branch
HMS Countess of Scarborough →	capturedBy
Spartiate →	capturedFrom
Dassault Aviation →	collaboratesWith
French Navy →	commonName
French Defence Staff ("French Navy Staff") →	coordinatesWith
École navale →	foundedBy
Chief of the Defence Staff (France) →	hasAuthorityOver
Battle of Trafalgar →	hasBelligerent
French Armed Forces →	hasBranch
French Armed Forces ("Royal French Navy") →	historicalPrecursor
Salonika Expedition →	involvedBranch
NATO naval forces ("Marine Nationale") →	memberStatesContribute
French Navy ("Marine nationale") →	nativeName
Battle of the Nile →	navalForce
Battle of Minorca (1756) →	navalForceInvolved
Battle of Beachy Head (1690) ("French navy") →	navalPowerInvolved
Battle of Solebay ("French navy") →	notableParticipant
British Channel Fleet →	opponent
Battle of Beachy Head (1690) ("French Royal Navy") →	opponentAlliance
HMS Vanguard →	opponentAtBattleOfTheNile
Baltic campaign →	participant
Imperial German Navy →	rival
Paul Gauguin →	servedIn
Naval Group →	serves
Guillaume Tell →	service
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers ("French Revolutionary Navy") →	serviceContinuationEra
Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran ("French Royal Navy") →	serviceEntry
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers ("Ancien Régime French Navy") →	serviceEntryEra
French Far East Expeditionary Corps →	supportedBy
Service de santé des armées →	supportsBranch
École navale ("French Navy line officers") →	trains
GIAT 30M 30 mm cannon →	usedByService
French Fourragere →	usedIn