Battleship Strasbourg from the Front-Right

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Battleship Strasbourg from the Front-Right
Here we see the Dunkerque class battleship Strasbourg from the front-right, showing her two forward quad turrets, which carried all of her 330mm guns. The Strasbourg was one the ships scuttled at Toulon on 27 November 1942. The Italians raised the wreck and started salvaging her. The Germans took over after the Italian surrender, and then handed her over to the surviving Vichy French authorities but she was then bombed by American bombers in August 1944 and sunk once again.
French Battleships, 1922-1956, John Jordan & Robert Dumas. A very detailed look at the generation of French battleships built or designed between the world wars, looking at the design, construction and military careers of the Dunkerque, Strasbourg, Richelieu, Jean Bart, Clemenceau and Gascogne, supported by an impressive number of plans and photographs. [read full review]

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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (13 January 2025), Battleship Strasbourg from the Front-Right , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_strasbourg_front_right.html

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