Category: ww2 French Navy
600/630 Tonnes Type Submersibles (1925-38)
French 2nd class oceanic submersibles (1925-1938) Sirène (4), Ariane (4), Circé (4), Argonaute (5), Diane (9), Orion (2), Minerve (6),…
Requin class submarines (1924)
French Marine Nationale – Oceanic Types 1923-1947: Caïman, Dauphin, Espadon, Marsouin, Morse, Narval, Phoque, Requin, Souffleur The Requin (“shark”) class…
Emile Bertin (1933)
France – Treaty Light Cruiser 1828-1959 An innovative French cruiser Named after a famous French naval engineer, Emile Bertin, this…
De Grasse (1946)
French Navy (1946-1976) De Grasse was the first French post-WW2 cruiser completed, with Colbert. Both their stories went back to…
WW2 French Battleships
Marine Nationale, 11 Battleships (1910-1940) Introduction In thirty years, from her first dreadnought battleship, Courbet, started late, in 1910 to…
WW2 French cruisers
France (1923-1940): 24(+4) cruisers Introduction The topic of French cruisers could be summup in a few points: It was framed…
Jeanne d’Arc (1930)
French Navy – Light cruiser The fourth namesake School cruiser Second generation of warship bearing this name, the “Jeanne” as…
Dunkerque class Battleships (1935)
France – Dunkerque, Strasbourg Genesis: The Dunkerque (Dunkirk) class (Dunkerque and Strasbourg) were the first French battleships launched since the…
Suffren class heavy cruisers (1927)
France – Suffren, Colbert, Foch, Dupleix The four musketeers: The Suffren were thought out as 10,000 tons Washington heavy cruisers,…
Duquesne class heavy cruisers (1925)
Marine Nationale (1924-1962): Duquesne, Tourville These first French heavy cruisers according to the 1922′ Washington treaty’s new definition, sacrificed protection…
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