French cruiser Dupleix (1930)
Service
- as Dupleix1 May 1932 — 27 November 19421,183 days of the war
- Name
- Dupleix
- Pennant / hull number
- 1930
- Namesake
- Joseph François Dupleix
- Builder
- Arsenal de Brest
- Ordered
- 1 April 1929
- Laid down
- 14 November 1929
- Launched
- 9 October 1930
- Commissioned
- 1 May 1932
- Fate
- Scuttled at Toulon, 27 November 1942, Scrapped 1951 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 10,000 long tons (10,160 t)
- Length
- 194 m (636.5 ft)
- Beam
- 19.26 m (63.2 ft)
- Draught
- 6.57 m (21.6 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Range
- 5,300 nmi (9,816 km)
- Complement
- 773
- Main gun
- 203 mm (8 in)
Dupleix was a Suffren-class cruiser built for the Marine Nationale. She carried the pennant number 1930. She was named for Joseph François Dupleix. Arsenal de Brest laid her keel on 14 November 1929. She entered service on 1 May 1932, having been launched on 9 October 1930.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Duquesne-class cruiser and was succeeded by the French cruiser Algérie.
She displaced 10,000 long tons. She measured 194 m (636 ft) long with a beam of 19.3 m (63 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 773.
Her main battery was eight 203 mm (8.0 in) guns. She carried three aircraft.
She was in commission for 1,183 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 27 November 1942. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 3 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 6 boilers
- Armament
- Initial
- 8 × 203 mm/50 guns (4 × 2)
- 8 × 90 mm/50 AA guns (4 × 2)
- 6 × 37 mm light AA guns (6 × 1)
- 16 × 13.2 mm AA machine guns (4 × 4)
- 6 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
- 1941 refit
- 8 × 203 mm/50 guns (4 × 2)
- 8 × 90 mm/50 AA guns (4 × 2)
- 14 × 37 mm light AA guns (4 × 2, 6 × 1)
- 36 × 13.2 mm AA machine guns (8 × 4, 2 × 2)
- 3 × 8 mm AA machine guns (3 × 1)
- 6 × 550 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
- Armour
- Caisson: 60 mm sides and 30 mm deck over machinery spaces
- Deck: 25 mm
- Turrets and conning tower: 30 mm
- Magazine box 60 mm sides with 30 mm crowns
- Steering gear: 26 mm sides and 18 mm roof
- Aircraft
- 3 GL-810 then Loire-Nieuport 130
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French cruiser Dupleix (1930) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy Office of Naval Inteligence — ONI203 booklet for identification of ships — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons