Dupleix
1939
(Neptun 1432)
- Class: Suffren - 4 heavy cruisers of 1925-28
- Displacement: 10,000 tons
- Dimensions: 636.5 (oa) x 63 x 20.75 ft.
- Machinery: 3-shaft geared turbines, 90,000 shp = 31 knots
- Armor: 60 mm belt, 30 mm deck, 30 mm turrets, CT
- Armament: 8-8in (4x2), 8-90mm AA (4x2), 8-37mm AA (4x2) guns; 6-21.7in TT (2x3); 3 aircraft
- Complement: 752
- Builder: Arsenal de Brest
- Laid down: 14 Nov 1929
- Launched: 9 Oct 1930
- Completed: 15 May 1933
- Notes: Last of four near sisters, including Suffern, Colbert and Foch, ordered in successive years. Armor protection increased with each new ship, and various other changes were made, e.g., Dupleix adopted twin mountings for her secondary armament. She was scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942 along with Colbert and Foch.
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