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Suffren

Heavy cruiser of the Suffren class

NavyThe French Navy
TypeHeavy cruiser
ClassSuffren 
Pennant 
Built byArsenal de Brest (Brest, France) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Apr, 1926 
Launched3 May, 1927 
Commissioned1 Jan, 1930 
End service1 Oct, 1947 
Loss position
 
HistoryDisarmed at Alexandria, Egypt and interned by the British on 22 June 1940.
Rejoined the Allied cause and rearmed on 30 May 1943.
Decommissioned on 1 October 1947.
Used at Toulon as a pontoon.
Sold in 1974 to be broken up for scrap. 

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