Four
submarines of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
have borne the name ''Saphir''
* , an launched in 1908
* , the name ship of
her class, launched in 1928
* , an ex-British
S-class submarine, HMS ''Satyr'', transferred to French service in 1952
* , a nuclear attack submarine launched in 1981
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French Navy ship names