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The unit pennants (fanion) of the French Navy are presented by Rear Admiral Kessler in Les témoins du sacrifice (Cols Bleus, No. 2326, 11 November 1995).
Originally used to signal units on land or landing corpses, the
pennants, non mandatory, were purchased by the units. Today the
symbols of the moral statutes of the units, the pennants are strictly
regulated. Their design must be approved by the Chief of Staff of the
Navy before they can be manufactured by the Navy relevant services.
The decorations granted to the unit are pinned on the pennant.
The pennants of the disbanded units are kept by the Historical Service
of the Navy and showed in a honour room of the Queen's Pavilion in the
Castle of Vincennes, where they can be seen every Wednesday, 14:00-17:00.
Ivan Sache, 14 March 2009
Here is the list of unit pennants shown (obverse end reverse) on the
aforementioned source, with links to the dedicated pages of the website of the Navy (showing the same information).
The list was made in 1995 and is no longer accurate. The up-to-date listing of the units is available on the Navy website.
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Submarines Le Téméraire (S 617) Le Triomphant (S 616) L'Inflexible (S 615) L'Indomptable (S 613) Perle (S 606) Améthyste (S 605) Émeraude (S 604) Casabianca (S 603) Saphir (S 602) Rubis (S 601) Surveillance frigates Landing-barge transport vessels |
Aircraft carriers Charles de Gaulle (R 91) Jeanne d'Arc (R 97) Corvettes (avisos) P400-type patrol boats L'Audacieuse (P 682) La Boudeuse (P 683) La Capricieuse (P 684) La Fougueuse (P 685) La Glorieuse (P 686) La Gracieuse (P 687) La Moqueuse (P 688) La Railleuse (P 689) La Rieuse (P 690) La Tapageuse (P 691) |
Anti-aircraft frigates Duquesne (D 603) Cassard (D 614) Jean Bart (D 615) Light-transport vessels Other patrol boats Albatros (P 681) Flamant (P 676) Cormoran (P 677) Pluvier (P 678) Grèbe (P 676) Sterne (P 680) |
Anti-submarine frigates Tourville (D 610) De Grasse (D 612) Georges Leygues (D 640) Dupleix (D 641) Montcalm (D 642) Jean de Vienne (D 643) Primauguet (D 644) La Motte-Picquet (D 645) Latouche-Tréville (D 646) Landing barges and vessels Flotille amphibie Sabre (L 9051) Rapière (L 9061) Hallebarde (L 9062) |
La Fayette-type frigates La Fayette (F 710) Surcouf (F 711) Courbet (F 712) Aconit (F 713) Guépratte (F 714) Minesweepers Éridan (M 641) Cassiopée (M 642) Andromède (M 643) Pégase (M 644) Orion (M 645) Croix du Sud (M 646) L'Aigle (M 647) Lyre (M 648) Persée (M 649) Sagittaire (M 650) Verseau (M651) Céphée (M 652) Capricorne (M 653) |
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Resupplying tankers Meuse (A 607) Var (A 608) Marne (A 630) Somme (A 631) |
Hydrographic vessels Lapérouse (A 791) Borda (A 792) Laplace (A 793) Arago (A 795) |
Experimentation vessels Monge (A 601) Bougainville (L 9077) D'Entrecasteaux (A 787) |
Operating-forces support vessels Loire (A 615) Jules Verne (A 620) |
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Marines and commandos Marines and commandos base (Base des fusiliers marins et commandos) Brest Marines Group (Groupement des fusiliers marins de Brest) Toulon Marines Group (Groupement des fusiliers marins de Toulon) Cherbourg Marines Company (Compagnie de fusiliers marins de Cherbourg) Lann-Bihoué Marines Company (Compagnie de fusiliers marins de Lann- Bihoué) Nîmes-Garons Marines Company (Compagnie de fusiliers marins de Nîmes-Garons) South France Marines Company (Compagnie de fusiliers marins de France Sud) Rosnay Marines Company (Compagnie de fusiliers marins de Rosnay) L'Île-Longue Marines Company (Compagnie de fusiliers marins de l'Île-Longue) Jaubert Commando Trépel Commando De Montfort Commando De Penfentenyo Commando Hubert Commando Navy air bases, entrepôts and centers 10 S (Lynx, Alouette III) 22 S (Alouette III) 50 S (Rallye, Cap 10) 56 S (Nord 232) 57 S (Falcon 10) Marseilles Navy Firefighters Battalion 1st Company (Endoume) 2nd Company (Louvain) 3rd Company (Saint-Pierre) 4th Company (Plombières) 5th Company (La Bigue) 6th Company (Plombières Technical Center) 7th Company (Port-de-Bouc) 8th Company (Navy Firefighters College) 9th Company (Command and Support Company) 10th Company (Marignane) 11th Company (Plombières Medical Center) Navy Instruction Centers Brest Navy Instruction Center (Centre d'instruction naval de Brest) Petty Officers College, 1st Company (École de maistrance, 1e compagnie) Petty Officers College, 2nd Company Petty Officers College, 3rd Company Petty Officers College, 4th Company Petty Officers College, 5th Company Seamen Class, 11th Company (Cours des matelots, 11e compagnie) Seamen Class, 12th Company Seamen Class, 13th Company Navy Higher Military Instruction (Préparation militaire supérieure marine) Querqueville Navy Instruction Center Saint-Mandrier Navy Instruction Center |
Submarine force on-land units L'Île-Longue Base Mediterranean Base Training Center of Submarine Forces (Centre de préparation des forces sous-marines) Missile-throwing Submarine Squadron (Escadrille des sous-marins lanceurs d'engins) Attack Nuclear Submarine Squadron (Escadrille des sous-marins nucléaires d'attaque) Acoustic Interpretation and Identification Center (Centre d'interprétation et de reconnaissance acoustique) Rosnay Transmission Center (Centre de transmissions de Rosnay) Navy Air Flotillas 4 F (Hawkeye) 11 F (Super-Étendard) 12 F (Rafale M) 17 F (Super-Étendard) 21 F (Atlantique 2) 23 F (Atlantique 2) 24 F (Falcon 50, Nord 262, Xingu) 25 F (Gardian) 28 F (Nord 262, Xingu) 31 F (Lynx) 32 F (Super-Frelon) 34 F (Lynx) 35 F (Dauphin, Alouette III) 36 F (Panther) Navy bases Adour Navy Base (Base navale de l'Adour) Fort-de-France Navy Base Nouméa Navy Base Papeete Navy Base Ports des Galets Navy Base Navy Colleges Salon-de-Provence Navy Air College (École d'aéronautique navale de Salon-de-Provence) Navy Air College (École d'aéronautique de la Marine) Atomic Energy Military Applications College (École des applications militaires de l'énergie atomique) Marines College (École des fusiliers marins) Navy Firefighters College (École des marins-pompiers) Harbingers College (École des fourriers) Maneuver and Navigation College (École de manœuvre et de navigation) Takeoff Deck Staff College (École du personnel de pont d'envol) Diving College (École de plongée) Naval Command Colleges' Group (Groupe des écoles du commissariat de la Marine) Embarked Helicopters Specialization College (École de spécialisation sur hélicoptères embarqués) Flying Staff College (École du personnel volant) Hyères Training and Instruction Center (Centre d'entraînement et d'instruction de Hyères) Lanvéoc-Poulmic Training and Instruction Center |
Recently decommissioned vessels
Garonne (A 601)Ivan Sache, 14 March 2009
The badges used by Navy Air Force units are regulated by Ministerial
Decree No 2789 EMG/M/AERO/0 of 31 October 1946. Claiming that most
badges used beforehand had no elements related to the Navy Air Force,
the Minister stated that:
- the badge should be made of a shield of modern shape, in proportions
13:16;
- the chief of the badge should have an height of 3/16 of the height
of the badge and bear the "penguin", that is the emblem of the Navy
Air Force (an anchor with a star in its upper part, over two wings,
all in gold);
- the emblem of the unit should be placed in the main field of the
shield.
On 7 February 1947, the Decree was amended, prescribing the addition
of a golden mural crown surmonting the shield of the Navy Air bases,
considered as "fortified towns" (places), and of the name of the
base on the shield.
In 1951, an official homologation procedure of the badges was set up,
the approved badges being numbered "M ...", "M" standing for
"Marine" (Navy). Decree No. 808 EMM/CAB of 5 December 1985 did not
change anything to the prescription of the unit badges.
Differences in details of the badges are due to manufacturer's license or even gross mistake. The Fréjus-Saint-Raphaêl base was granted a badge without the crown while the 31F squad was granted a badge with the crown, quickly corrected.
Ivan Sache, 23 March 2009