Frankrijk Dunkerque Battleships 1930s 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5664377
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
Frankrijk Dunkerque Battleships 1930s
Type
Commemorative tokens
Publisher
Value
Country
France
Year
1930
Collection / set
Material
Bronze
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
Reverse
DUNKERQUE : Jacobsen . Jean Bart . Francois Bart . Vanstabel
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Thurin, P.
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
68
Number
Details
The Dunkerque-class battleship was a type of warship constructed for the French Navy in the 1930s. The Dunkerques were designed to counter the German Deutschland-class pocket battleships. Their main armament was two quadruple 330 mm turrets forward, with a 225 mm (8.9 in) thick armored belt. They were smaller, with a 26,500- to 27,300-ton standard displacement and a smaller main artillery caliber, than the battleships authorized by the Washington Naval Treaty, but their speed was 7 knots higher than any of the battleships built from 1920 to 1937. When they were commissioned, only the last existing battlecruisers of the British Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy were their equals.