The "Escorteurs d'escadre", Fleet Escorts, where built to provide air defence for the French fleet in the postwar period. The series consisted of three sub-groups: the twelve T47s and the five T53s. The sixth T53 was completed to a revised design and was designated T56.
Number | Name | Yard | Ld. | Lch. | Decom | Notes |
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D621 | Surcouf | Lorient | 1951 | 1953 | 05.05.1972 | rebuilt as command ship in the early 1960s. |
D622 | Kersaint | Lorient | 1951 | 1953 | 03.03.1984 | T47 AAW mod to Du Chayla class |
D623 | Cassard | Bretagne | 1951 | 1953 | 01.06.1976 | rebuilt as command ship in the early 1960s. |
D624 | Bouvet | Lorient | 1951 | 1953 | 01.06.1983 | T47 AAW mod to Du Chayla class |
D625 | Dupetit-Thouars | Brest | 1952 | 1954 | 30.08.1988 | T47 AAW mod to Du Chayla class |
D626 | Chevalier Paul | Gironde | 1952 | 1953 | 26.09.1975 | Rebuilt as command ship in the early 1960s. |
D627 | Maille Breze | Lorient | 1953 | 1954 | 18.05.1988 | T47 ASW mod to D'Estrees Class |
D628 | Vauquelin | Lorient | 1954 | 1954 | 06.04.1987 | T47 ASW mod to D'Estrees Class |
D629 | D'Estrees | Brest | 1953 | 1954 | 26.12.1985 | T47 ASW mod to D'Estrees Class |
D630 | Du Chayla | Brest | 1953 | 1954 | ??? | T47 AAW mod to Du Chayla class |
D631 | Casabianca | Gironde | 1953 | 1954 | 01.12.1984 | T47 ASW mod to D'Estrees Class |
D632 | Guepratte | Bretagne | 1953 | 1954 | 13.03.1986 | T47 ASW mod to D'Estrees Class |
D633 | Duperre | Lorient | 1954 | 1956 | 12.1993 | T53 ASW mod to Duperré Class |
D634 | La Bourdonnais | Brest | 1954 | 1955 | 29.11.1977 | |
D635 | Forbin | Brest | 1954 | 1955 | 11.03.1982 | |
D636 | Tartu | Bretagne | 1954 | 1955 | 27.08.1980 | |
D637 | Jaureguiberry | Gironde | 1954 | 1955 | 16.09.1977 | |
D638 | La Galissonniere | Lorient | 1954 | 1955 | 20.04.1990 | T56 ASW La Gallissonnière Class |