Dunkerque

Dunkerque-Class Battleships were built for the French Navy during the years of 1932 to 1936. They were designed to counter the German Deutschland-class pocket battleships. There were 2 ships in this class built.

Dunkerque-Class Battleships served between the years of 1937 to 1942.

Preceded by:  Bretagne class 

Succeeded by: Richelieu class

Dunkerque-Class Battleships Dunkerque & Strasbourg saw service during the early years of the Second World War. While they never encountered the German pocket battleships they were designed to counter, they suffered the British Attack on Mers-el-Kebir, and stayed under the Vichy authorities control until they were scuttled at Toulon in November 1942.