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France:
Battleship Bretagne, on fire and visibly low by the stern, at Mers-el-Kébir, 3 July 1940
This picture was taken after she had been struck by British shells near Turret no. 4 and in the central engine room, but before she would be hit by a shell that, striking near Turret no. 3, would ignite some ready-use ammunition and would likely cause the explosion that spelt the doom of the battleship, and made her capsize and sink, with the loss of thirty-six officers, 151 warrant officers and 825 seamen (out of a crew of roughly 1200 souls overall).
Destroyer Lansequenet sunk at the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée shipyard at La Seyne (adjacent to Toulon) in December 1942, shortly after she was scuttled.
Battleship Bretagne, on fire and visibly low by the stern, at Mers-el-Kébir, 3 July 1940
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This picture was taken after she had been struck by British shells near Turret no. 4 and in the central engine room, but before she would be hit by a shell that, striking near Turret no. 3, would ignite some ready-use ammunition and would likely cause the explosion that spelt the doom of the battleship, and made her capsize and sink, with the loss of thirty-six officers, 151 warrant officers and 825 seamen (out of a crew of roughly 1200 souls overall).
Destroyer Lansequenet sunk at the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée shipyard at La Seyne (adjacent to Toulon) in December 1942, shortly after she was scuttled.
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