Career
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Fate:	Scuttled
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	36.380 tonnes
Length:	215,1 m
Beam:	8,7 m
Width:	31,1 m
Propulsion:	6 Indret boilers 4 Rateau geared turbines 135.585 HP
Speed:	31 knots
Range:
Complement:	1381
Armament:	2 quadruple 330 mm turrets 3 quadruple and 2 double 130 mm AA turrets 5 double 37 mm AA turrets 4 double mm AA turrets
Shielding	225 mm (side belt) 30 mm (anti-torpedo bulkheads) 125-115 mm (deck) 330/310 mm (turrets)
Planes	4 hydroplanes 1 catapult
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The Strasbourg was a warship of the French Navy, labeled as "fast battleship". Larger and more powerful than a mere battlecruiser, yet not a full battleship, they were designed to counter the threat of the German Pocket battleships. The design was very innovative, with the whole main armament forward, mounted in quadruple turrets (a feature unique to late French battleships, which can be found also on the Richelieu and Jean Bart) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (660x1208, 79 KB) French battleships / battlecruiser Strasbourg, Musée de le Marine de Paris Photograph by Rama File links The following pages link to this file: French battleship Dunkerque ... French Navy jack and ensign. ... The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the naval arm of the French military and is the second-largest Western European navy (the largest being the United Kingdoms Royal Navy). ... HMS Hood (left) and HMS Barham (right), in Malta, 1937. ... HMS Victory in 1884 In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. ... Pocket battleship is the British Royal Navy description for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. ... The Richelieu was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth century statesman Cardinal Richelieu. ... The Jean Bart was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth century seaman and corsair Jean Bart. ...

During the Phony War, she was used, along with her sister-ship Dunkerque, to escort convoys. The Phony War, or in Winston Churchills words the Twilight War, was the phase of World War II marked by no military operations in Continental Europe, that followed the collapse of Poland. ... The Dunkerque was the first of a new type of warship of the French Navy, labeled as fast battleship. Larger and more powerful than a mere battlecruiser, yet not a full battleship, they were designed to counter the threat of the German Pocket battleships. ...

She was scuttled, along with her sister-ship Dunkerque and most of the French Fleet, to avoid capture by the Nazis.