Dunkerque-class

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:advances 1940s upgrades
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 1 seaplane
gptkbp:armament main guns 2 × 380 mm
secondary guns 8 × 152 mm
gptkbp:armor up to 300 mm
gptkbp:base gptkb:Toulon
gptkbp:built gptkb:France
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Strasbourg
gptkb:Dunkerque
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned Dunkerque in 1960
Strasbourg in 1958
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:World_War_II
1950s
gptkbp:design_philosophy speed over armor
gptkbp:displacement 26,500 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:funnel_arrangement 2 funnels
gptkbp:historical_event sunk by air attack
gptkbp:historical_legacy influenced post-war battleship design
gptkbp:historical_significance first modern fast battleship
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dunkerque-class
gptkbp:launch_date gptkb:1935
gptkbp:launch_site gptkb:Brest
gptkbp:length 245 meters
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Operation_Catapult
gptkbp:notable_event Dunkerque evacuation
gptkbp:notable_feature high speed for a battleship
gptkbp:notable_ships 2
yes
advanced fire control system
gptkbp:operational_range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:origin gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:post_war_career museum ship proposal
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_273_radar
gptkbp:role gptkb:ship
gptkbp:service_years 1937-1960
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Strasbourg
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:stealth_features limited radar cross-section
gptkbp:successor Richelieu-class
gptkbp:type gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dunkerque-class_battleship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6