Allied Warships

Battlecruisers


The battlecruiser FR Dunkerque of the Dunkerque class. She was lost on 27 Nov 1942.

All Battlecruisers classes. The list is divided by navy, then ordered by number of ships of that class.


French Navy

 Dunkerque (2)

Royal Navy

 Renown (2)
 Admiral (1)


Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class. Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), that is not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.

War losses: Battlecruisers


 DateVesselClass

1941

24 May 1941HMS Hood (51)Admiral 
10 Dec 1941HMS Repulse (34)Renown 

1942

27 Nov 1942FR DunkerqueDunkerque 

3 Battlecruisers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

See all Allied Warship types



Bismarck

Zetterling, Niklas

Books dealing with this subject include:

The Battlecruiser Hood, Roberts, John A., 1982
Bismarck, Zetterling, Niklas, 2009
Illustrated Guide to Battleships and Battlecruisers, Jordan, John, 1985 (transl.)



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