The French battleship Dunkerque, which is reported from a German source to be on fire after the action at Oran, is regarded as one of the most remarkable capital ships afloat. She has a speed of over thirty knots, and 10,000 ton* of her 26,500 tons displacement are devoted to protective armour. Her main armament of eight thirteen-inch gun* is massed forward after the fashion of H.M.S. Nelson-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 158, 5 July 1940, Page 7
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68The French battleship Dunkerque, which is reported from a German source to be on fire after the action at Oran, is regarded as one of the most remarkable capital ships afloat. She has a speed of over thirty knots, and 10,000 ton* of her 26,500 tons displacement are devoted to protective armour. Her main armament of eight thirteen-inch gun* is massed forward after the fashion of H.M.S. Nelson- Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 158, 5 July 1940, Page 7
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