Dunkerque started in December 1931 and completed in April 1937. After its defeat in World War II France, the United Kingdom in order to prevent the French fleet was the Axis use, to attack the French fleet. July 1940 in Algeria, Mers-el-Kebir Port, Dunkerque British Navy hit and ran aground in the harbor. After maintenance Dunkerque return to the port of Toulon in February 1941. November 27, 1942,