Bretagne-class battleship
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The Bretagne-class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorra
Provence in harbor
US Navy recognition photo of Provence
One of Provence's turrets used as a shore battery
Dunkerque-class battleship
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The Dunkerque class was a pair of fast battleships built for the French Navy in the 1930s; the two ships were Dunkerque and Strasbourg. They were the first French battleships built since the Bretagne
Bretagne-class battleship
…overview Builders Arsenal de Brest Arsenal de Lorient Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Preceded by Courbet class Succeeded by Normandie class (planned) Dunkerque class (actual) Built 1912–1916 In commission 1916–1953 Planned 4 Completed 3 Lost 2 Retired 1 General characteristics Type Battleship Displacement Normal…
Dunkerque
Trieste, one of the Trento-class cruisers the early French battleship designs were intended to counter
The German cruiser Deutschland, which prompted significant revisions to what eventually became the Dunkerque class
Strasbourg slips her moorings and makes for open water while under fire from the British Force H