FRENCH NAVAL MIGHT
FOUR NEW BATTLESHIPS CONSTRUCTION EEAT SPEEDY AND WELL ARMED I British Official Wireless. J Received April 23, 5.5 p.m. RUGBx, April 22. The announcement that of France's four new battleships two, th? Richelieu and Jean Bart, will shortly be ready for service and that the construction of two sister ships, Ciemenccau and Gascogne, is well advanced, has been received with much satisfaction in London.
“This is a remarkable performance in view of the fact that these 35,001',ton battleships are by far the biggcsl ever built in France,” says the Daily Telegraph. “The Ciemenccau was laid down in January, 1939, and the Gascogne, though no official date has been given, is believed to have been begun within the last few weeks. “With a speed of over thirty knots and a main armament of eignt 15in. guns, these tour ships compare well witn their four Italian contemporaries. The five British battleships of the King George V. class now completed are equally fast, but have a main armament of ten 14in. guns.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 95, 24 April 1940, Page 5
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