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[edit] Cruisers or destroyers?

Re: this debate. Most publications I've seen list this class as destroyers & don't list them as cruisers. However, because of their strong armament, the Allies listed them as light cruisers for operational use. Folks at 137 08:36, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Everything starts with the treaty of Washington, which regulated the size and number of cruisers, battleships and such units, but did not impose restrictions on ships like destroyers.

This induced the French (among others) into building large destroyers. The Fantasque series are a typical example.

After they were refitted in the US, the Frantasque and her sister-ships were officially classified as "cruisers" to abide to standards of the Allies, but the classification as a large and over-kill "destroyer" ("contre-torpilleur", actually) was somewhat rethorical in the first place. Rama 11:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)