Allied Warships

Battlecruisers

French Navy


The Dunkerque class battlecruiser FR Dunkerque of the French Navy. She was lost on 27 Nov 1942.

All Battlecruiser classes (in service with the French Navy).

ClassCommissioned
 Dunkerque (2)1937 - 1938

1 ship classes.


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War losses: Battlecruisers


 DateVesselClass

1941

Royal Navy24 May 1941HMS Hood (51)Admiral 
Royal Navy10 Dec 1941HMS Repulse (34)Renown 

1942

French Navy27 Nov 1942FR DunkerqueDunkerque 

3 Battlecruisers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

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