French ship Mistral

Four ships of the French Navy have born the name "Mistral", as well as a few other auxiliary ships:

* A high sea armoured torpedo boat of the "Cyclone" type (1901)
* A 1500-tonne torpedo boat of the "Bourrasque" type (1923), requisitioned by the British on the 3rd July 1940 at Portsmouth. She was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS "Mistral" and decommissioned in 1944. She was restituted to France at the end of the war, and scraped in 1953.
* The DF38 "Mistral", a coast-guard cutter of the "Tourmaline" type (1977), commissioned as "Vent d'Aval", later renamed "Mistral". (Measurements: 37 t ; 26,8 x 4,97 x 1,53 m ; I.12,7 mm)
* The DF50 "Liane" also bore the name "Mistral".
* A fishing ship, the "Henri Cameleyre" (1908) was requisitioned as a minesweeper during the Second World War. She was restituted in 1941 and renamed "Mistral".
* An auxiliary patrol boat of the Second World War also bore the name of "Mistral II".
* The present "Mistral" is an assault helicopter and command ship, lead ship of her class.