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Italian counterparts cannot have done the same with their light armour, sacrificed for the best speed. Only the last group of
Condottieri class was superior, with a heavier displacement of 9,100 tons (20% more than French cruisers), ten guns, and up to 130 mm (5.1 in) armour (thought to withstand 152 mm as well), but they were only two ships. In any event, these powerful ships never fought one another. The
1126:). While the Condottieris had four turrets with eight 152 mm guns, French cruisers had only three turrets with nine guns. The use of triple turrets allowed, as on the U.S. Navy cruisers, the deployment of nine 203 mm guns, or even fifteen 152 mm guns, on hulls of 10,000 tons, or on the German light cruisers, to have nine 149.9 mm (5.9 in) guns, with less than 7,000 tons displacement.
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cruisers group) were laid down in 1928, and completed in 1931–32, respecting the newly signed London Naval Treaty. On a displacement of about 5,200 tons, they were armed with eight 152 mm guns in four double turrets, and could attain the remarkably high speed of 37 knots (69 km/h), but
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Like most French warships completed prewar, they were originally weak in light anti-aircraft artillery, with four twin 37 mm guns, and six 13.2 mm twin mount machine guns. Four more were added in 1941, with one 37 mm and one double 25 mm guns, and two
Hotchkiss 13.2 mm twin
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had an armoured belt as ranging from 75–105 mm (3.0–4.1 in) in thickness, and deck armour that ranged from 37–50 mm (1.5–2.0 in). This was enough to withstand a 152 mm round at combat range (navweaps.com gives 76 mm at 11,000 m, when fired from a
British gun), while
782:) which were superior in displacement and firepower to the destroyers of that period, in order to counter this, Italy decided to produce a new class of cruiser that would be of intermediate size between the new French destroyer classes and the cruisers built in that period. The four units of the
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s. The turret protection, with 100 mm (3.9 in) on faces, and 50 mm (2.0 in) on sides, back, and roofs was also better than on other cruisers with similar displacement (31.8 mm (1.25 in) on German cruisers, 25.4 mm (1 in), on the
British ones, 50.8 mm
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steamed an average of 34.98 knots (64.78 km/h) during an 8-hour trial and 35.39 knots (65.54 km/h) during a ninth hour. At the end of the war, they could still easily make 32 knots (59 km/h), on a full load displacement then increased to 10,850 tons. The endurance
1280:(10,200 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)), was considerably better than Italian equivalents (Condottieris: around 3,800 nmi (7,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)), but similar to the comparable light British or German cruisers, for the speed and radius, except the
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The armament consisted of the 152 mm gun (152 mm/55 Model 1930), the only French-built gun of this caliber. The cruiser mount was the Model 1930, that displaced 169.3 tons (172 mt). The rate of fire was one shell every 12 seconds (5 rounds per min).
947:, with fifteen 152 mm (6.0 in) guns, a speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h), but a more exact displacement of 9,700 tons. The first units of this class were launched in 1937–38. The Royal Navy had laid down a class of four light cruisers, the
668:, with a speed from 30 to 35 knots (56 to 65 km/h), and a very light armour, for the earliest ships built, and a better protection, with a slightly reduced speed, for the next classes. On the first Washington heavy cruisers built, in the French Navy,
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Imperial Japanese Navy, and its Pacific Ocean rival the U.S. Navy, were both interested in large cruisers, whether they were classed "heavy" or "light". In the 1931 Building Program, Japan ordered the first units of a new light cruiser class, the
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which were launched in 1936. They were fitted with twelve 152 mm guns, in four triple turrets, and aircraft installations at the center of the ship, had a speed of 32 knots (59 km/h), and were nearly respecting the 10,000-ton displacement.
660:(fifteen each for the United Kingdom and the United States, twelve for Japan, seven each for France and Italy). These cruisers bore eight 203 mm guns in four double turrets, in the British, French and Italian navies, but nine to ten guns in the
828:, she was armed with a completely new armament and turret layout, nine 152.4 mm (6 in) guns in three triple turrets, for the first time in the French Navy. She had two double and two single mounts of 90 mm (3.5 in) for secondary
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class, with a displacement of 8,000 tons, the same armament and arrangement of three triple 152 mm turrets, two fore and one aft, and three twin AA 90 mm aft, one axial and two lateral. Aircraft installations, two
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class with only six 152.4 mm (6 in) guns. They were launched between 1934 and 1936. In reaction to the building of the
Japanese and U.S. large light cruisers, the United Kingdom canceled some projected units of the
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2022:, her commanding officer when she had left Toulon, and at the Battle of Dakar in 1940. Until April 1945, the three cruisers were part of the so-called Flank Force, operating off the Mediterranean coast of the western
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Admiral Somerville and hurried him to put an end to the negotiations with Admiral Gensoul and to open fire. So the six cruisers had only one thing to do, to steer for Toulon, where they arrived the day after.
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The class' main armament, in three triple mountings, concentrated a powerful broadside in a relatively small vessel. Their displacement was of the 7,000-ton class, just like the
Italian Condottieri III Group
1014:. They were intended to have more powerful propulsion machinery, 110,000 hp (82,000 kW), to reach 35 knots (65 km/h). The silhouette, with a massive fore tower, would have been inspired by
1269:, for a speed of 31 knots (57 km/h), with 84,000 hp (63,000 kW). They easily maintained 31/32 knots and all exceeded by far the expected trial speed of 33 knots (61 km/h). Thus,
940:, with fifteen 155 mm (6.1 in) guns, in five triple turrets, and a speed of 37 knots (69 km/h), announcing, falsely, a displacement of 8,500 tons. The U.S. Navy answered with the
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The armour was thicker than that of many other cruisers of the time (such as the
Italian Condottieri class), heavy enough to withstand opposing cruiser main batteries. The belt and
1822:, were incorporated in a so-called High Seas Force, which nearly never went to sea, due to the lack of fuel, but in November 1940, to cover the return to Toulon of the battleship
1968:, to Philadelphia, from July to October 1943. Their aircraft mounts were removed and they were fitted with modernised anti-aircraft weapons. Sent to the Mediterranean Sea, the
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British Navy considered that the Washington cruiser type was too large for its needs, and, in 1927, a slightly smaller 8 in (203.2 mm)-gun cruiser was laid down,
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832:(AA) artillery. Reaching 39.66 knots (73.45 km/h) on speed trials, with 137,908 hp (102,838 kW), she was the fastest of the French cruisers ever built.
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1703:. As the French Admiralty signalled in a radio message in clear, that the Algiers cruisers had been ordered to rejoin the battleship squadron off Mers-el-Kébir, the
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armour was substantially thicker than usual. The Condottieri class Group III had only 60 mm (2.4 in) belt and 30 mm (1.2 in) deck armour, while
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introduced a distinction between Type A cruisers (commonly called "heavy cruisers"), with guns over 154.9 mm (6.1 in) (the main armament mounted on the
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1901:. In 1944, after the Italian surrender, the Germans rendered the wrecks to the Vichy authorities, but they were sunk, following Allied bombing attacks on
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were assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, stationed at Brest and forming the 4th Cruiser Division. The 4th Cruiser Division carried out an endurance cruise to
1152:, on sides, amidship. The torpedoes were the 550 mm (21.7 in) 23 DT model, in service since 1925. Their aircraft installations, with hangar and
1058:-class cruisers, with a displacement of 6,000 tons or less, armed with numerous guns sometimes inferior to 152 mm, to the large light cruisers (
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Navy Yard, and as work was suspended during the war, she was launched in 1946, and completed only in 1956, as an integral anti-aircraft cruiser
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1288:-class cruisers, which had an exceptional radius of 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi).
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1619:, the 4th Cruiser Division was attached to the
698:, between 1926 and 1928, three cruisers of the
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1106:, reduced version of the Town-class cruisers.
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2050:, carrying out a bombardment mission against
1881:, as most of the ships based at Toulon, were
1857:, in November 1942, the Germans occupied the
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259:152 mm (6.0 in)/55 caliber guns
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1239:The propulsion was provided by four
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1719:to send the 4th Cruisers Division (
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1984:against land-based targets in the
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820:was designed to operate both as a
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1842:, caused more than 300 deaths.
607:Also remaining in service were
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1441:Sold for scrap, November 1959
1404:Sold for scrap, December 1969
788:class (first sub-class of the
406:in late September 1940 during
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1554:Sold for scrap, January 1958
273:40 mm (1.6 in) guns
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1739:which had taken control of
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2677:Breyer, Siegfried (1973).
1600:1939 New York World's Fair
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2877:. London: Pan Books Ltd.
2851:. London: Ian Allan Ltd.
2838:Peillard, Leonce (1974).
2715:Le Masson, Henri (1969).
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1976:in September 1943, and
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2800:Meister, Jürg (1972).
2781:Lenton, H. T. (1973).
2762:Lenton, H. T. (1972).
2400:, pp. 20, 102–104
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1711:Two months after, the
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2743:Lenton, H.T. (1968).
2734:Lenton, H.T. (1966).
2700:. London: Ian Allan.
2002:, and, together with
1998:supported the Allied
1974:Liberation of Corsica
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28:Diagram of a
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3763:
3751:
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3709:
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3695:
3689:Bougainville
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3598:
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3479:La Melpomène
3478:
3458:
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3424:
3418:Le Fantasque
3417:
3410:
3403:
3396:
3389:
3368:
3361:
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3355:Émile Bertin
3354:
3348:Jeanne d'Arc
3347:
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3306:
3299:
3279:
3272:
3265:
3258:
3251:
3231:
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3217:
3145:
3138:Émile Bertin
3137:
3121:
3116:
3109:
3104:
3095:Regia Marina
3094:
3074:
3067:
3060:
3053:
3047:Marseillaise
3046:
3039:
3012:
3011:
2934:
2931:Whitley, M J
2912:
2893:
2874:
2848:
2839:
2820:
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2782:
2763:
2744:
2735:
2716:
2697:
2678:
2671:Bibliography
2657:
2645:
2633:
2628:, p. 28
2621:
2616:, p. 20
2609:
2604:, p. 22
2597:
2592:, p. 24
2585:
2580:, p. 16
2573:
2568:, p. 18
2561:
2556:, p. 26
2549:
2537:
2532:, p. 20
2525:
2513:
2501:
2496:, p. 65
2489:
2484:, p. 68
2477:
2465:
2453:
2441:
2429:
2424:, p. 78
2417:
2405:
2393:
2381:
2369:
2357:
2345:
2338:Meister 1972
2333:
2321:
2309:
2297:
2285:
2280:, p. 98
2273:
2268:, p. 77
2261:
2249:
2237:
2225:
2220:, p. 63
2213:
2208:, p. 59
2201:
2189:
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2165:
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2117:
2105:
2093:
2081:
2067:
2063:
2059:
2043:
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2033:
2011:
2003:
1995:
1991:
1990:
1980:carried out
1977:
1969:
1965:
1960:was sent to
1957:
1954:Philadelphia
1952:was sent to
1949:
1947:
1942:
1938:
1934:
1930:
1926:
1922:
1916:
1906:
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1898:
1894:
1890:
1886:
1879:Marseillaise
1878:
1874:
1870:
1866:
1849:landings in
1844:
1834:
1829:
1824:
1819:
1815:
1812:Marseillaise
1811:
1809:
1803:
1797:
1789:
1777:
1773:
1769:
1752:
1747:
1728:
1724:
1720:
1710:
1699:was sent to
1690:
1681:
1673:
1666:Émile Bertin
1665:
1663:
1654:
1651:Marseillaise
1650:
1637:
1631:
1620:
1614:
1591:
1587:
1583:
1572:Marseillaise
1571:
1567:
1563:
1561:
1525:
1487:Marseillaise
1486:
1449:
1412:
1375:
1335:
1322:Commissioned
1285:
1281:
1276:(5,500
1272:Marseillaise
1271:
1258:
1254:
1249:
1247:turbines on
1238:
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1080:Kriegsmarine
1078:
1074:
1072:
1066:
1060:
1055:
1049:
1042:
1037:
1036:
1015:
1002:, crane and
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968:
964:
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949:
942:
935:
931:
921:
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902:Émile Bertin
901:
899:
892:
885:
879:
873:
863:
855:Italian Navy
848:
841:
834:
817:Émile Bertin
816:
811:
807:Jeanne d'Arc
806:
795:
784:
777:
771:
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749:
743:
732:
726:
721:
717:
711:
700:
693:Reichsmarine
690:
684:
670:
652:
645:
631:
628:Edgar Quinet
627:
622:Edgar Quinet
621:
613:commissioned
606:
589:
580:
576:
567:
564:displacement
559:
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547:
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539:
530:
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516:
509:
502:
486:
475:. They were
452:
448:
444:
442:
425:
422:North Africa
412:
408:World War II
398:
392:
382:
370:commissioned
363:
362:
360:
343:flying boats
210:(63 MW)
206:84,000
144:Displacement
88:
77:Émile Bertin
76:
46:
29:
3752:Jules Verne
3321:Saint-Louis
3243:Battleships
3031:French Navy
2626:Moulin 2007
2614:Moulin 2007
2602:Moulin 2007
2590:Moulin 2007
2578:Moulin 2007
2566:Moulin 2007
2554:Moulin 2007
2542:Lenton 1973
2506:Lenton 1973
2494:Lenton 1966
2482:Lenton 1968
2470:Lenton 1973
2446:Lenton 1973
2434:Lenton 1973
2422:Lenton 1968
2386:Lenton 1966
2374:Lenton 1972
2362:Lenton 1968
2350:Breyer 1973
2326:Breyer 1973
2266:Lenton 1973
2256:, p. 5
2254:Lenton 1973
2242:Lenton 1973
2230:Lenton 1973
2218:Lenton 1966
2206:Lenton 1966
2170:Lenton 1968
2146:Lenton 1973
2110:Moulin 2007
2048:Suez Crisis
1835:Lamoriciere
1693:Sommerville
1615:During the
1160:seaplanes.
1056:Da Giussano
1054:or Italian
1047:, American
893:Deutschland
859:dreadnought
837:battleships
798:school ship
790:Condottieri
785:Da Giussano
602:French Army
588:, known as
493:World War I
489:French Navy
469:Suez Crisis
432:control at
374:French Navy
72:Preceded by
66:French Navy
3825:Categories
3793:Lend-Lease
3776:Sans Souci
3668:Ville d'Ys
3606:Redoutable
3541:Submarines
3504:Escorteurs
3445:Bourrasque
3436:Destroyers
3381:destroyers
2959:152 mm gun
2410:Watts 1971
2182:Watts 1971
2074:References
1943:Strasbourg
1859:Zone libre
1762:Casablanca
1753:Primauguet
1733:Libreville
1638:Strasbourg
1617:Phoney War
1235:Propulsion
1194:Protection
973:Town class
802:midshipmen
761:destroyers
701:Königsberg
655:Washington
568:Thionville
560:Thionville
552:Strasbourg
540:Thionville
531:Königsberg
524:Regensburg
483:Background
465:Indo-China
338:, later 2
268:guns (4x2)
244:Complement
183:Propulsion
3811:Cancelled
3571:Argonaute
3411:Vauquelin
3369:De Grasse
3273:Richelieu
3266:Dunkerque
3146:De Grasse
2969:torpedoes
2964:90 mm gun
2070:in 1970.
2056:Port-Saïd
2020:Lemonnier
1794:troopship
1670:Luftwaffe
1632:Dunkerque
1596:Indochina
1312:Laid down
1305:Namesake
1158:Loire 130
1120:Attendolo
1008:seaplanes
1000:catapults
982:De Grasse
918:lead ship
880:Tennessee
849:Dunkerque
842:Normandie
822:minelayer
744:The 1930
729:. It was
696:laid down
664:, or the
646:The 1922
626:cruisers
617:casemates
529:SMS
522:SMS
517:Stralsund
515:SMS
508:SMS
501:SMS
383:De Grasse
340:Loire 130
295:Main belt
105:Completed
100:1937–1958
92:(planned)
89:De Grasse
54:Operators
3769:netlayer
3459:Le Hardi
3452:L'Adroit
3300:Duquesne
3259:Bretagne
3068:Montcalm
2972:Archived
2933:(1995).
2068:Montcalm
2040:Montcalm
2030:Post war
1996:Montcalm
1970:Montcalm
1962:Brooklyn
1950:Montcalm
1939:Portland
1927:Montcalm
1883:scuttled
1825:Provence
1784:against
1778:Montcalm
1725:Montcalm
1674:Montcalm
1588:Montcalm
1376:Montcalm
1365:Scuttled
1317:Launched
1308:Builder
1286:Arethusa
1259:Montcalm
1229:Brooklyn
1224:Leander'
1213:Nürnberg
1188:Oerlikon
1173:Montcalm
1138:Montcalm
1113:Armament
1104:cruisers
1086:Nürnberg
1067:Brooklyn
969:Minotaur
965:Arethusa
950:Arethusa
943:Brooklyn
671:Duquesne
594:launched
586:cruisers
548:Mulhouse
477:scrapped
461:flagship
449:Montcalm
438:scuttled
399:Montcalm
378:cruisers
354:catapult
334:Up to 4
252:Armament
3710:Chamois
3620:Minerve
3613:Surcouf
3486:Le Fier
3425:Mogador
3397:Guépard
3314:Algérie
3307:Suffren
3252:Courbet
3232:Dixmude
1855:Algeria
1851:Morocco
1798:Laconia
1782:defence
1697:Force H
1686:Algiers
1643:convoys
1629:, with
1627:Gensoul
1606:Service
1580:Bizerte
1541:Lormont
1465:Lorient
1282:Leander
1245:Parsons
1231:class.
1154:derrick
1091:Leipzig
1064:), the
1050:Atlanta
1023:Lorient
1016:Algerie
987:Guichen
961:Leander
956:Leander
920:of the
910:Algérie
877:to the
861:built,
780:classes
772:Guépard
757:classes
733:Leander
727:Leipzig
712:Leipzig
685:Algérie
598:turrets
510:Kolberg
473:Algeria
436:, were
372:by the
316:Turrets
203:boilers
190:Parsons
175:Draught
121:Retired
3728:Pluton
3682:Scarpe
3661:Arabis
3652:Avisos
3641:Narval
3627:Aurore
3599:Requin
3592:Saphir
3557:Ariane
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