An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht dated 9 April 1932 reporting that at Brest, France the building of a 26.500 ton battle cruiser was prepared. The start was however not for 1 October. There was one difficulty in advance, her length was larger then that of the 10.000 ton Washington-cruisers.
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1. 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.
