Suffren-class cruiser

Schematics of the Suffren class
Class overview
Name	Suffren
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Duquesne class cruisers
Succeeded by	Algérie
General characteristics
Type	heavy cruiser
Displacement	10,000 tonnes (standard) 12,780 tonnes (full load)
Length	194 m (636.48 ft)
Beam	6.35 m (20.83 ft)
Draft	7.3 m (23.95 ft)
Propulsion	3-shaft Rateau-Bretagne SR geared turbines, 9 Guyot boilers, 90,000 shp (67 MW)
Speed	31 knots (35.67 mph; 57.41 km/h)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (5,178.51 mi; 8,334.00 km) at 15 kn (17.26 mph; 27.78 km/h)
Complement	752 (Suffren: 773)
Armament	8 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 guns (4 × 2) 8 90 mm (3.5 in)/55-calibre anti-aircraft guns (8 × 1) except Dupleix (4 x 2) 8 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns (4 × 2) 12 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA (4 × 3) 6 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3);
Armour	belt 60 mm (2.4 in) deck 25 mm (0.98 in) turrets and tower, 30 mm (1.2 in)
Aircraft carried	3 (Suffren: 2), 2 catapults
Notes	Ships in class include: Colbert - Dupleix - Foch - Suffren

The Suffren class was a class of 4 heavy cruisers built for the French Navy in the late 1920s - early 1930s.

The ships were:

• Colbert, scuttled at Toulon during the scuttling of 27 November 1942.
• Dupleix, scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans and raised by the Italians on 3 July 1943. Sunk again during an Allied air raid in 1944.
• Foch, scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942
• Suffren, disarmed and interned in Egypt by the British on 22 June 1940. Rejoined the Allies and rearmed on 30 May 1943. Decommissioned on 1 October 1947. Scrapped in 1974.

See also

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