Dunkerque Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
703' 7" |
Engines: |
4 Rateau geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
102' |
Boilers: |
6 Indret (oil fired) |
Draft: |
28' std. / 31' full |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
26,500 std. / 35,500 full |
HP: |
112,500 (136,900 trials) |
Speed: |
29.5 knots (31.5 trials) |
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Crew: |
1,381 |
Range: |
7,500 NM@ 15 knots |
Armament as built
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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8 |
13"/50 (330mm) |
2 quadruple turrets (all forward) |
45,604 yards @ 35° (25.9 miles) 1,235 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 3 RPM |
16 |
5.1"/45 (130mm) |
3 quadruple turrets 2 twin turrets |
22,750 yards @ 45° (12.9 miles) 70.77 lb HE shell AA ceiling 40'000' @ 75° (64.9 lb. AA shell) Rate of fire 10-15 RPM |
8 |
1.46"/50 (37mm) AA |
4 twin mounts |
7,850 yards @ 45° (4 miles) AA ceiling N/A (elevation 80°) 1.598 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 30-42 RPM |
32 |
0.52"/76 (13.2mm) Oerlikon machine guns |
single mounts |
AA ceiling 13,780' 1.8 oz. bullet Rate of fire 200 RPM |
4 |
Aircraft (1 catapult) |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Arsenal de Brest Brest, France |
Oct. 2, 1935 |
May 1, 1937 |
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Fate |
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Scuttled Nov. 27, 1942 at Toulon, France. In Aug. 1945 the wreck was raised
and towed to a storage location, sold in 1958 and scrapped. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Chantiers de L'Atlantique (Penhoet-Loire) St. Nazaire, France |
Dec. 12, 1936 |
Jan. 1939 |
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Fate |
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Sold May 27, 1955 and scraped.
(Scuttled at Toulon, France Nov. 27, 1942, raised by Italians July 1943. Sunk by Allied aircraft Aug. 18, 1944) |
Page created Jan. 21, 2008 |