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    Alsace class was a pair of fast battleships planned by the French Navy in the late 1930s in response to German plans to build two H-class battleships...
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  • French film Alsace, an Aquitaine class frigate of French navy Alsace class battleship, a French project in 1939, not built Alsatian (disambiguation)...
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    The Richelieu class were fast battleships built for the French Navy between the 1930s and 1950s. Initially two ships were ordered in 1935 in response...
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    and fast battleships, ultimately totaling thirty-four vessels: twenty-three pre-dreadnoughts, seven dreadnoughts, and four fast battleships. Another seven—five...
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    A fast battleship was a battleship which in concept emphasised speed without undue compromise of either armor or armament. Most of the early World War...
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  • Thumbnail for Dunkerque-class battleship
    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...
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  • (2005–2007) Aero A.24 Helwan HA-300 FCM 50t AMX-50 Lorraine 40t Alsace-class battleship Joffre-class aircraft carrier PH 75 French aircraft carrier PA2 Aero A...
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  • Thumbnail for Bretagne-class battleship
    The Bretagne-class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels:...
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    The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, had such an...
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  • important. This was further demonstrated when the first ship of the Alsace-class battleships was authorized on 1 April 1940 and replaced Painlevé in the queue...
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    The Courbet-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. These were completed prior to WWI. The class comprised four ships:...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Richelieu
    Richelieu was a French fast battleship, the lead ship of the Richelieu class. Built as a response to the Italian Littorio class, Richelieu and its sister...
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    Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg (category German battleship Bismarck)
    of the Müllenheim family, an old Protestant family which originated from Alsace. After receiving his Abitur in 1929, he entered the Reichsmarine, the Weimar...
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    Bretagne-class battleships Charlemagne-class battleships Claymore-class destroyers Clorinde-class submarines Courbet-class battleships Danton-class battleships D'Estrées-class...
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  • Thumbnail for La Galissonnière-class cruiser
    (since the Nevada to the Tennessee battleship classes), and even in the British Royal Navy, with the Nelson-class battleships. On cruisers, the triple turret...
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    SMS Lothringen (category Braunschweig-class battleships)
    SMS Lothringen was the last of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class, built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). She...
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    SMS Elsass (category Braunschweig-class battleships)
    SMS Elsass was the second of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Imperial Navy. She was laid down in May 1901, launched...
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  • Thumbnail for Bourrasque-class destroyer
    They may have joined the battleship Jean Bart in engaging the Allied 'Covering Group', a taskforce based on the battleship Massachusetts. Trombe was...
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    anti-aircraft guns and twenty 13.2 mm machine guns. She was sunk by the battleship USS Massachusetts and the cruiser USS Wichita on 8 November 1942 during...
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    scouts for the two fast Dunkerque-class battleships. The design evolved from the extremely fast Le Fantasque class, being 300 tons heavier and carrying...
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  • Thumbnail for Aigle-class destroyer
    Along with the unfinished battleship Jean Bart, they engaged the Allied 'Covering Group', a taskforce based on the battleship USS Massachusetts. Milan...
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  • Thumbnail for French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
    Forbin; one air defence frigate, Alsace; one anti-submarine frigate, Normandie; one Rubis-class submarine; and one Durance-class replenishment oiler, Marne...
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  • armed with 130 mm DP mounts derived from those used on the Dunkerque-class battleships, while the remaining ship was to be armed with the standard 130 mm...
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  • Béarn was an aircraft carrier converted from an incomplete Normandie-class battleship for the Marine nationale (French Navy) during the 1920s. Entering service...
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  • Thumbnail for Minerve-class submarine
    Minerve-class submarines were a class of submarine built for the French Navy prior to World War II. The class were based on the French Admiralty 630 series...
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  • Thumbnail for Le Fantasque-class destroyer
    The Le Fantasque-class ships were designed to counter the fast Italian Condottieri-class light cruisers, and one member of the class, Le Terrible, exceeded...
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  • Thumbnail for Chamois-class sloop
    Chamois class were French minesweeping sloops (Avisos dragueur de mines) ordered between 1935 and 1939. They were similar in design to the Élan class, and...
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  • Melpomène class was a group of 12 French torpedo boats built from 1933 to 1935. After serving with Marine Nationale, the ships of the La Melpomène class saw...
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  • pre-dreadnought battleships. These names were Saint-Louis, Henri IV, Charlemagne, Brennus, Charles Martel and Vercingetorix. All work on the Saint-Louis class was...
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  • Thumbnail for Duquesne-class cruiser
    The Duquesne-class cruiser was a group of two heavy cruisers built for the French Navy in the mid 1920s, the first such vessels built for the French fleet...
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