NEW FRENCH BATTLESHIP
LAUNCHED AT BREST j REPLY TO ITALY’S PROGRAMME ! ' CJ PA.—U.v Electric Telegraph—Copyright! 1 (Received 18th January, 9.35 a.m.) BREST. 17th January. ! The battleship Richelieu, the first of l the series of 35,000 ton battleships, was I launched. It represents France's reply to Italy’s naval programme, and brings up the strength of the battle fleet equivalent to her cruiser, destroyer and submarine fleet for the first time since the War.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 January 1939, Page 7
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