French battleship Dunkerque

[Giantsgiants]

You know...I was thinking...how about this year, Rockstar do something for Bastille Day instead of July 4th just to mix things up. And the perfect Bastille Day vehicle would be the French battleship Dunkerque.

 

Dunkerque was the lead ship of the Dunkerque class of battleships built for the French Navy in the 1930s. The class also included Strasbourg. The two ships were the first capital ships to be built by the French Navy after World War I; the planned Normandie and Lyon classes had been cancelled at the outbreak of war, and budgetary problems prevented the French from building new battleships in the decade after the war. Dunkerque was laid down in December 1932, was launched October 1935, and was completed in May 1937. She was armed with a main battery of eight 330mm/50 Modèle 1931 guns arranged in two quadruple gun turrets and had a top speed of 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph).

Dunkerque and Strasbourg formed the French Navy's 1ère Division de Ligne (1st Division of the Line) prior to the Second World War. The two ships searched for German commerce raiders in the early months of the war, and Dunkerque also participated in convoy escort duties. The ship was badly damaged during the British attack at Mers-el-Kébir after the Armistice that ended the first phase of France's participation in World War II, but she was refloated and partially repaired to return to Toulon for comprehensive repairs. Dunkerque was scuttled in November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans, and subsequently seized and partially scrapped by the Italians and later the Germans. Her wreck remained in Toulon until she was stricken in 1955, and scrapped three years later.

 

And here is an informative video on how the Dunkerque works in the video game world:

 

 

I like the Dunkerque. Its gun arrangement makes it quite the peculiar, quirky battleship that would fit right into GTA Online. Do you want the Dunkerque to be added into GTA Online?

[Super Gran Turismo]

Why don't they do both?

[Foxwolfe]

I get where you're coming from but with the game being based in the US I don't see any chance or reason for them to drop the 4th and celebrate a different day instead, especially one not celebrated in the US.

[FR_Player-One]

I get where you're coming from but with the game being based in the US I don't see any chance or reason for them to drop the 4th and celebrate a different day instead, especially one not celebrated in the US.

^What he said.

[Magical Mystery Tour]

i Mean If they could Add Battleships as Yachts, it would be cool seeing the Triple AAA open up on jets and other aircraft,

Hell they could Add it in A World War Dlc along with a restored T 34-85,The return of The rustler and the Duster With Machine guns,etc

 

and if possible Use an old Aircraft Carrier as A warehouse to Store your Personal Planes

[Dacelo]

Vehicle Wishlist?

[Tomdon]

maybe added in as a yacht conversion?

[coelacanth72]

Criminals may have heavily armed yachts but full battleships with 1000 compliment crews seems kind of rediculous. Now, if it were non playable and you could attack it, that'd be sweet. They could even do an adversary mode with it, hydras vs aa crews or something.

[Polaco]

YEAH!

 

But, I'd love to see this one:

The almighty Bismarck.

[whywontyoulisten]

Go play World of Warships or something. This would be totally out of place.

[Polaco]

Go play World of Warships or something. This would be totally out of place.

I'd call it my fishing boat and Hydra-counter.

[elfoam]

US themed game says I'll invite benny onto my sh*tty immovable yacht and he will grab his welder and turn it into the Missouri. Then I can bomb downtown Los Santos while anchored ar Paleto bay.

 

 

Edited January 11, 2017 by elfoam

[slohbur]

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