Dunkerque
Scuttled
French Navy, then Vichy French Navy
| Type | Battleship |
|---|---|
| Class | Dunkerque |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 8 × 13″ guns |
Service
| to 1940 | Dunkerque | |
| from 1940 | Dunkerque Vichy France formed |
Fast battleship with all eight 13-inch guns forward. Damaged at Mers-el-Kébir and again by Swordfish three days later. Scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 8 × 330 mm (13.0 in) guns
- 16 × 130 mm (5.1 in) DP guns
- 8 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
- 32 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machineguns
Armour
- Belt armor: 225 mm (8.9 in)
- Main deck: 115 mm (4.5 in)
- Gun turrets: 330 mm (13 in)
- Conning tower: 270 mm (11 in)
| Builder | Arsenal de Brest |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 24 December 1932 |
| Launched | 2 October 1935 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1937 |
| Displacement | 26,500 t (26,100 long tons) (standard) 35,500 t (34,900 long tons) (deep load) |
| Length | 214.5 m (703 ft 9 in) |
| Speed | 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) (designed) 31.06 knots (57.52 km/h; 35.74 mph) (max) |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
2 October 1935
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Damaged
3 July 1940
Gensoul's flagship; run aground, then torpedoed on 6 July
Joined the Vichy French Navy
10 July 1940 · Vichy France formed
27 November 1942
In dry dock