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France’s Greatest Battleship Fired on the Royal Navy in 1940. She Ended the War Sailing Beside It

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Richelieu fled Brest days ahead of the German army, 95 percent complete and carrying Bank of France gold. A British torpedo found her at Dakar, she traded salvos with HMS Barham, then crossed the Atlantic for a rebuild at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and finished the war escorting the fleet that had tried to sink her. She never sank an enemy ship, and outlived every battleship that tried to sink her.

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France’s Greatest Battleship Fired on the Royal Navy in 1940. She Ended the War Sailing Beside It

Richelieu fled Brest days ahead of the German army, 95 percent complete and carrying Bank of France gold. A British torpedo found her at Dakar, she traded salvos with HMS Barham, then crossed the Atlantic for a rebuild at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and finished the war escorting the fleet that had tried to sink her. She never sank an enemy ship, and outlived every battleship that tried to sink her.

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19FortyFive broke the news on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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