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Battleships |
French "Dunkerque" Class |
| The ships of the Dunkerque class (Dunkerque and Strasbourg) were the first super dreadnoughts with their main armament mounted in quad turrets.They had a belt armour of 241 mm surface hardened steel. |
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| Technical Data | ||
| Built: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Range: Crew: |
1932-37 35,500 ts 214.3 x 31.1 x 9.6 m 112,500 shp; 4 turbines 29.5 kts 4,660 nm @ ? kts 1,381 |
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| Main: Secondary: AA: Torpedoes: Armour: Aircraft: |
8x330 [2x4] 16x130 8x37; 32x20 - belt: 240; deck 40; turrets: 330 ?/1 |
| Dunkerque had been sunk by British forces at Mers-el-Kebir/Oran in July 1940. After she had been lifted she was transferred to Toulon were she was scuttled again on 27 Oct 1942. | |
| Strasbourg | |
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