Dunkerque-class battleship

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:advances 1940s modernization
gptkbp:armament 16 × 37 mm guns
8 × 13.2 mm machine guns
12 × 130 mm guns
8 × 330 mm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 340 mm
gptkbp:builder DCN
gptkbp:class gptkb:Dunkerque-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1937
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1960
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:design Fast battleship
gptkbp:displacement 37,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
Scrapped in 1967
gptkbp:historical_significance First French battleships built after World War I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dunkerque-class battleship
gptkbp:influence Post-war battleship designs
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1935
gptkbp:length 245 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:Strasbourg
gptkb:Dunkerque
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Strasbourg
gptkb:Dunkerque
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Operation_Catapult
gptkb:Operation_Cerberus
gptkbp:notable_ships 2
4 × 550 mm tubes
gptkbp:operational_history Active during World War II
gptkbp:predecessor Bretagne-class battleship
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
4 × shafts
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_273_radar
gptkb:Type_281_radar
gptkbp:range 15,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Strasbourg
gptkb:Dunkerque
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:successor Richelieu-class battleship
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dunkerque
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5