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Schematics of the Suffren class
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Suffren class |
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| Preceded by: | Duquesne class |
| Succeeded by: | Algérie |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Lost: | 3 |
| Retired: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Heavy cruiser |
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| Length: | 194 m (636.48 ft) |
| Beam: | 20 m (65.62 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.3 m (23.95 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 3-shaft Rateau-Bretagne SR geared turbines, 9 Guyot boilers, 90,000 shp (67 MW) |
| Speed: | 31 knots (35.67 mph; 57.41 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (5,178.51 mi; 8,334.00 km) at 15 kn (17.26 mph; 27.78 km/h) |
| Complement: | 752 (Suffren: 773) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 3 (Suffren: 2), 2 catapults |
The Suffren class was a class of four heavy cruisers built for the French Navy in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
The four ships of the class were: