La Galissonnière class cruiser
- La Galissonnière class cruiser
The La Galissonniere class of light cruisers was a class of 6 ships built for France in the 1930s.
The ships were:
* "La Galissonnière": scuttled at Toulon
* "Montcalm": scrapped 1970.
* "Georges Leygues": scrapped November 1959
* "Jean de Vienne": scuttled at Toulon
* "Marseillaise": scuttled at Toulon
* "Gloire": sold for scrap January 1958.
After the Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, three of the class ("Montcalm", "George Leygues" and "Gloire") passed Gibraltar, without challenge, en route to Dakar and Libreville but re-joined the Allies in 1942. The other three were scuttled at Toulon in November 1942, in response to the attempted German capture of the French Fleet (Operation "Lila").
References
cite book
last = M J Whitley
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title = Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia
publisher = Arms & Armour
date = 1995
location = London
pages = 43-47
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doi =
id = ISBN 1-85409-225-1
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