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Montcalm

Montcalm

Survived

French Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassLa Galissonnière
WarSecond World War
Main guns9 × 6″ guns in 3 triple mounts

Reached Dakar with Force Y in September 1940 and helped beat off the British and Free French attack. Rejoined the Allies in 1943 and bombarded the Normandy beaches on D-Day.

Title: Montcalm (French cruiser, 1935) Caption: Off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 30 July 1943. She had just finished a refit at that Yard. Catalog #: 19-N-48987 Copyright Owner: National Archives Original Date: Fri, Jul 30, 1943 Photo: Official US Navy photograph., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Initial
  • 9 × 152 mm (6.0 in)/55 guns (3 × 3)
  • 8 × 90 mm (3.5 in) AA (4 × 2)
  • 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) light AA (4 × 2)
  • 12 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) light AA (4 × 3)
  • 4 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 2)
  • Allies refit (1943)
  • 24 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA (6 × 4)
  • 16 × 20 mm (0.79 in) light AA (1 × 16)

Armour

  • Main belt: 105 mm (4.1 in)
  • Bulkhead ends: 30 mm (1.2 in)
  • Sides: 120 mm (4.7 in)
  • Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in)
  • Turrets: 100 mm (3.9 in)
  • Conning tower: 95 mm (3.7 in)
BuilderSociété Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (La Seyne-sur-Mer, France)
Laid down15 November 1933
Launched26 October 1935
Commissioned15 November 1937
Displacement7,600 tonnes (7,500 long tons) (standard) 9,120 tonnes (8,980 long tons) (full load)
Length179 m (587 ft 3 in)
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement540

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

26 October 1935

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 1970