Category: Military
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HMS Hermione British Light Cruiser
HMS Hermione British Light Cruiser HMS Hermione was a Royal Navy light cruiser of the Dido class, designed to provide fleet air defence and escort protection during the Second World War. Built by Alexander Stephen and Sons at Linthouse on the River Clyde, she was launched on 30 September 1939 and commissioned on 5 March… Read more
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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