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Class: La Galissonnière
  (All ships of this class are listed in our pages)

Category: light cruiser

Nation: France
Main statistics: Displacement: 10 850 tons
Length: 179 meters
Top speed: 33 knots
2 planes
9 x 6'' guns

Additional information on the web : [DAubigny]


La Galissonnière, FR 12, La Galissonnière


DateIncidentBattlesPlace
December 15, 1931Laid down-Bay of Biscay
November 17, 1933LaunchedFrance, light cruiser, named La Galissonnière. Bay of Biscay
April 1, 1936Commissioned-Bay of Biscay
June 30, 1940TransferedRemained faithful to Marshall Pétain's governement. transfert France (Vichy). Mediterranean Sea
November 27, 1942ScuttledScuttling in Toulon. South of France
March 9, 1943CapturedRefloating of the French ships scuttled in Toulon. transfert Italy, named FR 12. South of France
September 9, 1943CapturedSurrender of the Italian Fleet. transfert Germany. South of France
August 18, 1944Sunk-South of France

Gloire


DateIncidentBattlesPlace
November 13, 1933Laid down-Bay of Biscay
September 28, 1935LaunchedFrance, light cruiser, named Gloire. Bay of Biscay
November 15, 1937Commissioned-Bay of Biscay
October 5, 1939-Hunting groups against corsairs. France
October 21, 1939-Seizure of the Santa Fe. North Atlantic
June 30, 1940TransferedRemained faithful to Marshall Pétain's governement. transfert France (Vichy). Mediterranean Sea
November 23, 1942Capturedtransfert France (Free). Senegal
August 15, 1944-Dragoon: landing in Provence. South of France
January 2, 1958StrickenScrapped. France

Jean de Vienne, FR 11, Jean de Vienne


DateIncidentBattlesPlace
December 20, 1931Laid down-Bay of Biscay
July 31, 1935LaunchedFrance, light cruiser, named Jean de Vienne. Bay of Biscay
February 10, 1937Commissioned-Bay of Biscay
June 25, 1940TransferedRemained faithful to Marshall Pétain's governement. transfert France (Vichy). Algeria
November 27, 1942ScuttledScuttling in Toulon. South of France
February 13, 1943CapturedRefloating of the French ships scuttled in Toulon. transfert Italy, named FR 11. South of France
September 9, 1943CapturedSurrender of the Italian Fleet. transfert Germany. South of France
November 24, 1943Sunk-South of France
April 1, 1944Transferttransfert France (Vichy), named Jean de Vienne. South of France

Georges Leygues


DateIncidentBattlesPlace
September 21, 1933Laid down-Bay of Biscay
March 24, 1936LaunchedFrance, light cruiser, named Georges Leygues. Bay of Biscay
November 15, 1937Commissioned-Bay of Biscay
October 5, 1939-Hunting groups against corsairs. France
October 21, 1939-Seizure of the Santa Fe. North Atlantic
June 30, 1940TransferedRemained faithful to Marshall Pétain's governement. transfert France (Vichy). Mediterranean Sea
September 23, 1940-Dakar: operation Menace. Senegal
November 23, 1942Capturedtransfert France (Free). Senegal
at the beginning of 1943Captured-Senegal
August 15, 1944-Dragoon: landing in Provence. South of France
November 17, 1959StrickenScrapped. France

Marseillaise


DateIncidentBattlesPlace
October 23, 1933Laid down-Bay of Biscay
July 17, 1935LaunchedFrance, light cruiser, named Marseillaise. Bay of Biscay
October 10, 1937Commissioned-Bay of Biscay
June 25, 1940TransferedRemained faithful to Marshall Pétain's governement. transfert France (Vichy). Mediterranean Sea
November 27, 1942ScuttledScuttling in Toulon. South of France

Montcalm


DateIncidentBattlesPlace
November 15, 1933Laid down-South of France
October 26, 1935LaunchedFrance, light cruiser, named Montcalm. South of France
November 15, 1937Commissioned-South of France
October 5, 1939-Hunting groups against corsairs. France
October 21, 1939-Seizure of the Santa Fe. North Atlantic
June 30, 1940TransferedRemained faithful to Marshall Pétain's governement. transfert France (Vichy). Mediterranean Sea
September 23, 1940-Dakar: operation Menace. Senegal
November 23, 1942Capturedtransfert France (Free). Senegal
August 15, 1944-Dragoon: landing in Provence. South of France
1955-Indochina and Vietnam War. Indochina
1958Stricken-South of France



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