Movements of French warships lying at Dakar, Senegal according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 18 April 1942

Richelieu-class battleships

La Galissonnière-class cruisers George Leygues. Montcalm and Gloire

destroyer le Fantasque, source Dutch magazine Onze Vloot dated June 1936, p. 80

An item reported that the Vichy French light cruisers George Leygues and Montcalm together with the heavy destroyers Fantasque and Malin left Dakar, Senegal on 15 April and still not returned in the morning of the 17th and out of sight. The J.I.C. commented that the ships frequently went to sea for exercises out never out of sight. Perhaps their departure was for other reasons,Early April the light cruiser Gloire which was for some time at Dakar went to Casablanca, French Morocco and she was still there. The battleship Richelieu [summary dated 20 April stated Jean Bart] was on 17 April still at Dakar.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 129 dated 18 April 1942