Duquesne
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Duquesne was the first of two Duquesne class cruisers built for the French Navy. During the interwar period she served in the Mediterranean while taking periodic cruises to show the Flag. During the war she was on blockade duty in the mid Atlantic then the Mediterranean. She was interned for three years at Alexandria, rejoining the war effort in 1943. Again assigned to blockade duty in the Mid Atlantic at Dakar. Post war she aided in the restoration of French Colonial rule in French Indochina until placed in reserve in 1947. She remained in reserve until condemned for disposal in 1955.
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beam 19 metre, length 191 metre, draft 6.5 metre,
Brest Arsenal, French Navy,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1924-10-30T00:00:00Z
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keel laying
1925-12-17T00:00:00Z
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ship launching
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(5-5-30, voyage) présidentiel en Algérie (sur le Duquesne) (Leon) - (photographie de presse) - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après une photographie originale signée Leon) - btv1b53230145z
"Le Duquesne" quittant Saint-Nazaire pour la Guadeloupe - photographie de presse - Agence Meurisse - btv1b90411766
Stockholm, le roi Gustave V à bord du Duquesne (croiseur français) - photographie de presse - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après une photographie originale de provenance inconnue) - btv1b53231471w



