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French battleship Dunkerque
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Dunkerque was the lead ship of the Dunkerque class of battleships built for the French Navy in the 1930s. The class also included Strasbourg. The two ships were the first capital ships to be built by
Dunkerque
Dunkerque
US Navy recognition drawing of Dunkerque
US Navy recognition drawing of Dunkerque
The destroyer Le Fantasque with Dunkerque during training exercises in June 1939
The destroyer Le Fantasque with Dunkerque during training exercises in June 1939
The German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, one of the vessels Dunkerque was tasked with hunting early in the war
The German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, one of the vessels Dunkerque was tasked with hunting early in the war
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
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The attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria.
French battleship Dunkerque
…German commerce raiders in the early months of the war, and Dunkerque also participated in convoy escort duties. The ship was badly damaged during the British attack at Mers-el-Kébir after the Armistice that ended the first phase of France's participation in World War II, but she was refloated and partially repaired to return to…
The battleship Strasbourg under fire
The battleship Strasbourg under fire
Modern view of the harbour at Mers El Kébir in Algeria
Modern view of the harbour at Mers El Kébir in Algeria
French photograph of the bombardment
French photograph of the bombardment
Bretagne on fire, still under bombardment
Bretagne on fire, still under bombardment