Contributed by Graham E Watson (easton.watson@lineone.net), taken from Jean Labayle Couhat, French Warships of World War One, Ian Allen, London 1974.
ARMEE NAVALE August 1st 1914
Battleships
Courbet Flagship of Vice Admiral Boue de Lapeyrere, CinC Armee Navale
Jean Bart
Cruiser
Jurien De La Graviere Repeating Ship
FIRST LINE SQUADRON
Diderot (F) (First Division VA Chocheprat)
Danton
Condorcet
Voltaire (F) (Second division RA Lacaze)
Mirabeau
Vergniaud
SECOND LINE SQUADRON
Verite (F) (First division VA le Bris)
Democratie
Justice
Patrie (F) (Second division RA Tracou)
Republique
Paris
France
COMPLEMENT DIVISION
Suffren (F) (RA Guepratte)
Saint Louis
Bouvet
Gaulois
FIRST LIGHT DIVISION
Jules Michelet (F) (RA de Ramry de Jugny)
Ernest Renan
Edgar Quinet
Waldeck Rousseau
SECOND LIGHT DIVISION
Leon Gambetta (F) (RA Senes)
Jules Ferry
Victor Hugo
SPECIAL DIVISION
Jaureguiberry (F) (RA Darrieus)
Charlemagne
D'Entrecasteaux
Pothau
Cassard
Cosmao
Bruix
Amiral Charner
LaTouche-Treville
Minelayers
Casbianca
Cassini
La hire
Aircraft Carrier
Foudre
Transports
Vinh-Long
Bien-hoa
Rhone
DESTROYER FLOTILLA
Bouclier
1st Squadron
Casque
Dague
Boutefu
Fourche
Faulx
Mangini
2nd Squadron
Lansquenet
Aspirant Herber
Enseigne Henry
Mameluk
Spahi
3rd Squadron
Fantassin
Janissaire
Cavalier
Tirailleur
Voltigeur
Chasseur
4th Squadron
Hussard
Sape
Pierrier
Mortier
Hache
Massue
5th Squadron
Poignard
Fanfare
Sabretache
Coutelas
Trident
Cognee
6th Squadron
Cdt Riviere
Cimeterre
Magon
Bisson
Renaudin
Cdt Bory
Protet
SUBMARINE FLOTILLA
Destroyer -Deshorter(F)
1st Squadron
destroyers -Arbalete
Hallebarde
Submarines -
Monge
Gay-Lussac
Ampere
Papin
Messidor
Cugnot
Fresnel
2nd Squadron
destroyers -Mousqueton
Sarbacane
Arc
Submarines -
Joule
Faraday
Coulomb
Bernouilli
Arago
Le Verrier
Curie
Circe
SECOND LIGHT DIVISION [CHANNEL/ATLANTIC]
1st Armoured Cruiser Division (RA Rouyer)
Marseillaise (F)
Amiral Aube
Jeanne D'Arc
2nd Armoured Cruiser Division
Gloire
Gueydon
Dupetit Thouars
Protected cruiser -Lavoisier
Destroyers -
Dunois Francis Garnier Capitaine Mehl
1st destroyer squadron
Obusier Branlebas Oriflamme Tromblon Etendard
Carquois
2nd destroyer squadron
Glaive Gabion Fanion Stylet Fleuret
Claymore
3rd destoyer squadron
Catapulte Bombarde Rapiere Epieu Belier
Arquebuse
Destroyers in reserve
Baliste Flamberge Sagaie Harpon
Minelayers
Pluton Cerbere
1st Submarine Squadron, Cherbourg
destroyers - Francisque(F) Fauconneau Sabre
submarines -
Prairial Floreal Germinal Pluvoise Ventose
Watt Berthelot Giffard Fructidor
2nd Submarine Squadron, Calais
destroyers -Escopette(F) Durandal
submarines -
Mariotte Brumaire Newton Frimaire Volta
Nivose Euler
3rd Submarine Squadron, Cherbourg
destroyers -Javeline(F) Epee
submarines -
Amiral Bourgeois Archimede Montgolfier Foucault Thermidor
Minesweepers, Boulogne
Maris Stella Blanc Nez Turbot Europe II
Mobile Defence of Dunkirk
1st class tb -Simoun (F) Rafale
torpedo boats -224 251 259 279 280 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 341 342 343 344 345 350 351
The following ships joined the Second Light Squadron in 1914 -
Desaix Kleber
Guichen Chateaurenault Surcouf Friant D'Estrees
Destroyers -Intrepide Aventurier
Auxiliary cruisers - Flandre Touraine Niagara Savoie
Rouen Newhaven Nord Pas de Calais
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