An item reported that on 8 May no chances in the positions of the French major warships at Dakar, Senegal were sighted. There were lying the battleship Richelieu (1) and the two light cruisers Montcalm (2) and Georges Leygues (3).
Notes
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.
2. Laid down by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France on 15 November 1933, launched on 26 October 1935, commissioned on 15 November 1937, decommmissioned on 1 May 1957, accommodation hulk since 1959, renamed Q457 on 31 December 1969 and broken up in 1970. Part of the La Galissonnière-class light cruiser preceded by Émile Bertin succeeded by planned De Grasse-class.
3. Laid down by At.&Ch. De St. Nazaire-Penhoet on 21 September 1933, launched on 24 March 1936, commissioned on 15 November 1937, decommissioned on 1 May 1957 and sold to be broken up in November 1959. Part of the La Galissonnière-class light cruiser preceded by Émile Bertin succeeded by planned De Grasse-class.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 152 dated 11 May 1942
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