Category: ww2 French Navy
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…
Algérie (1930)
French Heavy Cruiser (1929-1942) The best “washington” cruiser? Algérie was the last French heavy cruiser. She was also -as many…
Aircraft Carrier Béarn (1923)
France The Béarn, first French Aircraft Carrier: Apart the Foudre, an early seaplane carrier of 1911 converted from a 1890s…
La Galissonnière class cruisers (1934)
France – La Galissonnière, Gloire, Georges leygues, Montcalm, Jean de Vienne, Marseillaise The best French light cruisers? The La Galissonière…
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