Name Duquesne Laid down 30 October 1924 Fate Condemned 2 July 1955 Construction started 30 October 1924 Length 191 m Builder Brest | Namesake Abraham Duquesne Commissioned 6 December 1928 Class and type Duquesne-class cruiser Launched 17 December 1925 Draft 6.32 m | |
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Duquesne was a French heavy cruiser and name ship of her class that served during World War II.
Service history
In January 1940, she took part in the hunt for the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, and later returned to Alexandria. On 3 July, the French squadron under Admiral René-Emile Godfroy in Alexandria was blockaded by the British executing Operation Catapult ; Godfroy avoided destruction by negotiating to disarm his fleet and stay in port until the end of the war. In June 1943, Duquesne was incorporated in the Free French Naval Forces and served in the Atlantic.
She undertook a refit in 1945, and served in French Indochina until 1947.
References
French cruiser Duquesne Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA