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Dupleix

Dupleix

Scuttled

French Navy

TypeHeavy cruiser
ClassSuffren
WarSecond World War
Main guns8 × 203 mm (8.0 in)/50 guns (4 × 2)

Scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942, with the rest of the fleet there, as the Germans came to seize it.

Cruiser Dupleix, ONI203 booklet for identification of ships of the French Navy, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States (9 November 1942). Photo: U.S. Navy Office of Naval Inteligence, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Initial
  • 8 × 203 mm (8.0 in)/50 guns (4 × 2)
  • 8 × 90 mm (3.5 in)/50 AA guns (4 × 2)
  • 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) light AA guns (6 × 1)
  • 16 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns (4 × 4)
  • 6 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
  • 1941 refit
  • 14 × 37 mm (1.5 in) light AA guns (4 × 2, 6 × 1)
  • 36 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns (8 × 4, 2 × 2)
  • 3 × 8 mm (0.31 in) AA machine guns (3 × 1)

Armour

  • Caisson: 60 mm (2.4 in) sides and 30 mm (1.2 in) deck over machinery spaces
  • Deck: 25 mm (0.98 in)
  • Turrets and conning tower: 30 mm (1.2 in)
  • Magazine box 60 mm (2.4 in) sides with 30 mm (1.2 in) crowns
  • Steering gear: 26 mm (1.0 in) sides and 18 mm (0.71 in) roof
BuilderArsenal de Brest
Laid down14 November 1929
Launched9 October 1930
Commissioned1 May 1932
Displacement10,160 t (10,000 long tons) (standard)
Length194 m (636.48 ft)
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (designed)
Complement773

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

9 October 1930

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled at Toulon, 27 November 1942, Scrapped 1951