FRENCH SEAPOWER
TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS NEARLY READY AHEAD OF CONSTRUCTION TIME. RAPID HEADWAY ON TWO OTHERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, April 21. The Navy Minister M. Campinchi, stated that the 35,000 ton warships Richelieu and Jean Bart would shortly be ready for service. “We are ten months ahead of the norma) construction, time tor the Jean Bart," stated M. Campinchi. "The construction of two other 35.000-ton ships is making rapid headway. We shall never hand over the smallest part of our Empire, and therefore must have a very strong seapower.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 April 1940, Page 6
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95FRENCH SEAPOWER Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 April 1940, Page 6
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