An item reported that the Vichy French cruiser Gloire (1) (Summary No.115) left Dakar, Senegal going to the north on 30 March was on 4 April sighted at Casablanca, French Morocco. At Dakar was the battleship Richelieu (2) and at Toulon, France the battleship Strasbourg (3) lying.
Notes
1. Laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde on 13 November 1933, launched on 28 September 1935, commissioned on 15 November 1937 and scrapped in 1958. Part of the La Galissonnière-class light cruiser preceded by Émile Bertin succeeded by planned De Grasse-class.
2. Part of Richelieu-class response on the Italian Littorio-class, preceded by Dunkerque class succeeded by planned 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 and broken up in 1968.
3. Part of Dunkerque-class response on German Deutschland-class heavy cruisers/pocket battleships preceded by planned Lyon-class and realized Bretagne-class succeeded by Richelieu-class, laid down under 1934 Porgramme by Chantiers de Penhoët, Daint Nazaire, France on 24 November 1934, launched on 12 December 1936, commissioned on 15 September 1938, scuttled at Toulon, France on 27 November 1942 and sodl toe broken up in 1955.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 118 dated 7 April 1942
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