Id. warship

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Can somebody identify this french destroyer ?
I think a Le Fantasque-class unit...

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Nobody ??

Sturm78

[Loïc]

there is a reference to "Santander 1936" with this picture

with this hull number dash "-15" and context it is certainly l'Indomptable

[Sturm78]

Thanks, Loic

Regards
Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Could be this battleships a Bretagne-class battleship ??

Image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Nobody for my last image ?

Well, here another image from Ebay. I think a ship of the same class. Bretagne-class battleship ?

Sturm78

[pikeshot1600]

It may be Lorraine. She was similar to the two Bretagne class but is listed as a separate class by some authors (I think due to later reconstruction).

This is a view from the stern. From a couple of photographs I have seen, the two vertical structures visible to port and starboard of the mainmast are seen on Lorraine. In that case, the two features are probably sea plane cranes for the large catapult installed amidships in place of the fifth gun turret in, I think, the 1930s. Not 100% positive, but that is my guess.

[Sturm78]

Thank you for yor answer, pikeshot1600

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Sturm78