Category: ww2 French Navy
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…
Richelieu class battleships (1940)
Fast Battleships: FS Richelieu, Jean Bart, 2 more French top battleship Ordered in response to both the German Scharnhorst and…
WW2 French Submarines
France (1923-1940), about 80 subs Post WW1 policy cleanup After the great war, the move started in 1912 towards a…
WW2 French Destroyers
(1923-1939), about 90 ships Almost 20 years of development French Destroyer Frondeur of the L’Adroit-class – Official U.S. Navy photo…
Saphir class submarines (1928)
France (1928-45), Minelayer Diesel Electric Submersibles. Diamant, Nautilus, Perle, Rubis, Saphir, and Turquoise France’s most successful ww2 subs This class…
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