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    The Brest Arsenal (French: arsenal de Brest) is a collection of naval and military buildings located on the banks of the river Penfeld, in Brest, France...
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  • Thumbnail for French ship Tonnerre (L9014)
    the aft section was laid down by Arsenal de Brest at Brest and the bow section was laid down 5 May 2004 by Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire at Saint-Nazaire....
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    projected after 2030. The first four tankers were constructed by the Arsenal de Brest at Brest, France between 1973 and 1987. The fifth and final ship was ordered...
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    front of the U-boat pen in Brest, though Henri Le Masson states that she was towed to Landévennec in the roadstead of Brest. Allied bombers sank the hulk...
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    which she was on 21 May 1912 at the Arsenal de Lorient. Bretagne was laid down at the Arsenal de Brest shipyard in Brest on 22 July 1912. Lorraine followed...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Dunkerque
    installed in 1940 on the fore tower. Dunkerque was laid down in the Arsenal de Brest, on 24 December 1932, in the Salou graving dock number 4. The hull...
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  • Thumbnail for French cruiser Algérie
    1931 as Project C4 with her hull designated as hull no 141 at the Arsenal de Brest. Algérie was launched on 21 May 1932. Her hull was 180 metres (590 ft...
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    Base". Naval Technology. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023. "Arsenal de Brest". Naval Technology. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023. Vavasseur...
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    and Chevalier Paul – were converted into flotilla flagships (conducteurs de flottilles) between 1960 and 1962. One 57 mm gun turret, two triple torpedo...
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  • Thumbnail for Suffren-class frigate
    policy of deterrence/intervention/defence following the election of Charles de Gaulle as president of France. The French designation for the class was frégates...
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  • Thumbnail for French cruiser Colbert (1928)
    Suffren class. The contract for the new vessel was awarded to the Arsenal de Brest with the order being placed on 1 March 1927. The Hull would be basically...
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    the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour in 1631. Brest grew around its arsenal until the second...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Richelieu
    (13 in) thick sides. The contract for Richelieu was awarded to the Arsenal de Brest on 31 August 1935, and the keel for the new ship was laid down on 22...
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    The roadstead of Brest (French: rade de Brest, French pronunciation: [ʁad də bʁɛst]; Breton: Lenn-vor Brest) is a roadstead or bay located in the Finistère...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Charles Martel
    on its slope. Charles Martel was laid down on 1 August 1891 by the Arsenal de Brest and launched on 29 August 1893. After completing fitting-out work,...
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  • Thumbnail for French cruiser Suffren
    1 November 1925 as a croiseurs legers (light cruiser) from the Arsenal de Brest (Brest Naval Yard). She would be nearly identical to the Duquesne-class...
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    The Château de Brest (Breton: Kastell Brest) is a castle in Brest, Finistère, France. The oldest monument in the town, it is located at the mouth of the...
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  • Thumbnail for French cruiser Duquesne (1925)
    Duquesne class. The contract for one new vessel was awarded to the Arsenal de Brest with the order being placed on 1 July 1924. The hull featured a high...
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  • Thumbnail for Georges Leygues-class frigate
    Retrieved 2017-07-07. "La Motte-Picquet : dernière cérémonie des couleurs à Brest". Mer et Marine (in French). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021. Groizeleau...
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  • Thumbnail for Alsace-class battleship
    major program to improve its infrastructure. The Laninon Docks at the Arsenal de Brest were to be significantly expanded; a new, longer dock (that would be...
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    in the air-defense role a squadron of Sud Aviation Aquilon (license-built de Havilland Sea Venom) fighters. They were also used for French amphibious assault...
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  • Thumbnail for French cruiser D'Estaing
    used to arm the ship's boats. D'Estaing was laid down at the Arsenal de Brest shipyard in Brest on 4 August 1876. Her completed hull was launched on 16 October...
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    In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2021. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. pp. 180–182. ISBN 978-1-4728-4779-9. ex-Duperre at anchorage in Brest, France 2004...
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    Allied troops from Gallipoli at the end of 1915, when she started a refit at Brest. Saint Louis became flagship of the Eastern Naval Division (Division navale...
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  • Thumbnail for French ship Mistral (L9013)
    of the fleet unit off Lebanon, escorted by the frigates Jean Bart and Jean de Vienne, and along with another amphibious assault ship, Siroco. On 16 May...
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  • Thumbnail for French cruiser Duguay-Trouin (1923)
    1926. After completion, she was assigned to the 2nd Squadron and based at Brest. In 1929, she became flagship of the 3rd Light Division in the Mediterranean...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Danton
    conning tower also had 300 mm thick sides. Danton was laid down at the Arsenal de Brest in February 1906. Her launching was scheduled for May 1909, but socialist...
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  • Thumbnail for Courbet-class battleship
    reverted to her role as a gunnery training ship, but she was ordered to Brest and Quiberon with her sister Paris upon the outbreak of World War II. Paris...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Gaulois
    France during Roman times, was ordered on 22 January 1895 from the Arsenal de Brest. Her sister ship Charlemagne was being built in the slipway intended...
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