An item reported that the French battleship Richelieu (1) lying at Dakar, Senegal seemed to execute a gun exercises on 17 May with 4-15”guns in the forward turret and 3 of the 4 15” guns on gun turret No. 2. It was believed that could move under own steam but it was not known if she done that since she arrived 2 years earlier at Dakar damaged after an underwater explosion.
Note
1. Of the Richelieu-class as an answer on the Italian Littorio-class, preceded by Dunkerque-class and succeeded by the planned but not realized Alsace-class, laid down by Arsenal de Brest on 22 October 1935, launched on 17 January 1939, commissioned on 1 April 1940, decommissioned in 1967 and stricken in scrapped in 1968.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 158 dated 17 May 1942
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