page_title: List of escorteurs of the French Navy
section_title: Rapid Escorteurs – Escorteurs rapides
hierarchical_section_title: List of escorteurs of the French Navy / French-built ships / Rapid Escorteurs – Escorteurs rapides
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Escorteur rapide français Le Bourguignon F769 en 1970
context_page_description: The escorteurs of the French Navy were light naval warships used for convoy protection during and after the Second World War.
  The earliest escorteurs in the French Navy were purchased from the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. After the war, these were supplemented by former German and Italian vessels transferred to French control as war reparations.
  After the war, the term escorteur replaced that of torpilleur and contre-torpilleur traditionally used by the French Navy. However, in the 1970s, the designation of escorteur ceased to be used and was replaced with that of frigate, destroyer, aviso or patroller.
context_section_description: Type E50 (Le Corse-class) frigate:
  Le Corse (F761) 1955–1975
  Le Brestois (F762) 1956–1975
  Le Boulonnais (F763) 1955–1976
  Le Bordelais (F764) 1955–1976
  Type E52 (Le Normand-class) frigate:
  Le Normand (F765) 1956–1983
  Le Picard (F766) 1956–1979
  Le Gascon (F767) 1957–1977
  Le Lorrain (F768) 1957–1976
  Le Bourguignon (F769) 1957–1976
  Le Champenois (F770) 1957–1975
  Le Savoyard (F771) 1957–1980
  Le Breton (F772) 1957–1976
  Le Basque (F773) 1957–1979
  L'Agenais (F774) 1958–1985
  Le Béarnais (F775) 1958–1979
  Type E52B:
  L'Alsacien (F776) 1960–1981
  Le Provençal (F777) 1959–1981
  Le Vendéen (F778) 1960–1982
caption: Le Bourguigon
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