Category: ww2 French Navy
Suffren class heavy cruisers (1927)
Suffren class France – Suffren, Colbert, Foch, Dupleix Colored picture of the Dupleix – Irootoko Jr. The four musketeers: The…
Duquesne class heavy cruisers (1925)
Duquesne class heavy cruisers (1925) France (1925) These first French heavy cruisers according to the 1922′ Washington treaty’s new definition,…
Algérie (1930)
Heavy Cruiser Algérie (1930) The best “washington” cruiser?Algérie was the last French heavy cruiser. She was also -as many authors…
Aircraft Carrier Béarn (1923)
Aircraft Carrier Béarn (1923) France The Béarn, first French Aircraft Carrier: Apart the Foudre, an early seaplane carrier of 1911…
La Galissonnière class cruisers (1934)
La Galissonnière class cruisers (1934) France – La Galissonnière, Gloire, Georges leygues, Montcalm, Jean de Vienne, Marseillaise The best French…
Richelieu class battleships (1940)
Richelieu class battleships (1940) France – Richelieu, Jean Bart, 2 more French top battleship Ordered in response to both the…
WW2 French Submarines
WW2 French Submarines France (1923-1940), about 80 subs Post WW1 policy cleanup After the great war, the move started in…
WW2 French Destroyers
Almost 20 years of development France (1923-1939), about 90 ships WW2 French Destroyers French Destroyer Frondeur of the L’Adroit-class –…
Saphir class submarines (1928)
Saphir class submersibles (1928) France (1928-45), Minelayer Diesel Electric Submersibles. Diamant, Nautilus, Perle, Rubis, Saphir, and Turquoise France’s most successful…
Cruiser Pluton/La Tour d’Auvergne (1933)
Minelayer Cruiser Pluton (1929) French Navy – alo called “La Tour d’Auvergne” The shortest lived French cruiser The Pluton (formerly…
