Suffren
1939
(Neptun 1434)
- Class: Suffren - 4 heavy cruisers of 1925-28
- Displacement: 10,000 tons standard
- Dimensions: 636.5 (oa) x 63 x 20.75 ft.
- Machinery: 3-shaft geared turbines, 90,000 shp = 31 knots
- Armor: 50 mm belt, 20 mm deck, 30 mm turrets, CT
- Armament: 8-8in (4x2), 8-90mm AA (8x1), 8-37mm AA (4x2) guns; 12-21.7in TT (2x3); 3 aircraft
- Complement: 731
- Builder: Arsenal de Brest
- Laid down: 17 Apr 1926
- Launched: 3 May 1927
- Completed: 8 Mar 1930
- Service: At Alexandria in Jun 1940 when armistice with Germany signed, she was temporarily disarmed, until joining the Allied naval forces 30 May 1943.
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