Category: French Navy
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Suffren (1927) French Heavy Cruiser
Suffren (1927) French Heavy Cruiser Laid down at the Arsenal de Brest in 1926 and launched on 3 May 1927, the Suffren was the lead ship of her class and one of the most significant French warships of the interwar period. She represented France’s earnest attempt to build a modern heavy cruiser within the constraints… Read more
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Colbert (1928) French Heavy Cruiser
Colbert (1928) French Heavy Cruiser The French heavy cruiser Colbert (1928) was the second ship of the four-vessel Suffren class and represented the continued evolution of France’s Washington Treaty cruiser designs. Named after the seventeenth-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the cruiser combined powerful offensive armament with high speed, although like many treaty cruisers of the… Read more
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Foch (1929) French Heavy Cruiser
Foch (1929) French Heavy Cruiser The Foch was a heavy cruiser of the Suffren class that saw service in the Second World War. She was the third vessel of her class, launched in 1929 and active until her scuttling in 1942. She was originally intended to bear the name Louvois, after the Marquis de Louvois,… Read more