The Suffren-class was a class of five heavy cruisers built for the French Navy in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Specifications[]
- Type: Heavy Cruiser
- Service Period: 1930-1950
- Characteristics:
- Length: 636.48 feet (194 meters)
- Beam: 65.62 feet (20 meters)
- Draft: 23.95 meters (7 meters)
- Displacement: 9,842 tons (Standard); 12,560 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 763
- Propulsion: 3-shaft Rateau-Bretagne SR geared turbines, 9 Guyot boilers, 90,000 shp (67 MW)
- Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 31 knots (57.41 km/h)
- Armament:
- 8 x 203mm/50-caliber Modèle 1924 guns (4×2)
- 8 x 90mm/55-caliber Modèle 1926 guns (4x2)
- 8 x 37mm/50-caliber Modèle 1925 anti-aircraft guns (4×2)
- 12 x 13.2mm/76-caliber Modèle 1929 Anti-aircraft machine guns (4×3)
- 6 x 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 x floatplanes
- Aviation Facilities: 2 x catapults
Unit Run[]
- MN Suffren
- MN Colbert
- MN Foch
- MN Dupleix
- MN Guerrière