The staff accepted two of them, the first for three ships to be armed with 130 mm DP mounts derived from those used on the Dunkerque-class battleships, while the remaining ship was to be armed with the standard 130 mm low-angle mounts to allow it to form a three-ship division with Le Corsaire and Le Flibustier, but its AA armament was to consist of a pair of twin-gun 100 mm high-angle mounts, one of which replaced a torpedo-tube mount, and the standard pair of twin-gun AA machine gun mounts.