French Battlecruiser Dunkerque
The Battlecruisers Dunkerque and Strasbourg were completed in the late 1930s and were France's response to the German Pocket Battleships. These battlecruisers had main armament of eight 13 inch guns in two quadruple turrets and sixteen 5.1 inch guns as the secondary weapons. The Dunkerque had a crew of approximately 1400 and was scuttled by the French in Toulon on November 27, 1942.
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All of your models are very cool. This one interested me the most, as I was not aware that these battleships carried airplanes.
Do you know what plane this particular battleship carried and how long the pivoting runway was? What was the primary use of the plane?
The Dunkerque class carried the Loire 130, three seat airplane which was used for aerial reconnaissance and launched by the compressed air catapult. The ship could hold one aircraft on the catapult and two more in the hangar. Thanks for your comment.
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