Trumpeter 05750 FRENCH NAVY RICHELIEU 1943  [TP05750]

France Naval Richelieu Battleship Richelieu was launched on January seventeenth, 1939. Due to the problem in France following the German offensive, she sailed for Dakar in June,1940. But also for some governmental reasons?she struggled British warships here. Then she rejoined the Allied in 1942 and ended up being refitted in January 1943 at Brooklyn Navy Yard in the united states. She had the woman radar and AA armament upgraded. Her 37mm and 13.2mm AA armament was replaced by 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikons. This refit was finished in August. Then she had been integrated into the British Residence Fleet .With devices of this fleet, she participated in a surgical procedure contrary to the Norwegian coastline in January 1944. After ordered to join the British Far Eastern Fleet, she participated in operations against Japan. After WW?, Richelieu returned to French.

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