An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht dated 3 August 1935 reporting that 40% of the displacement of the 26.000 ton French battle cruiser Dunkerque was used for protection consisting of 5.000 ton for the belt, 5.000 for the horizontal armour and 1.000 to for submerged protection. For the armament was 15% or 4.000 ton of the displacement used.(1)
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1. Sometimes called a battleship, sometimes battle cruiser. Of the Dunkerque-class of battleships. Laid down at the navy yard at Brest, France on 24 December 1932, launched on 2 October 1935, commissioned on 1 May 1937, scuttled at Toulon, France on 27 November 1942 and finally broken up in 1958. Displacement 26.900/26.500 long tons (standard)-35.500 tons/34.900 tons (full load), a main armament of 8-33cm/13” guns and a maximum speed of 31,06 knots.
