FRENCH FLEET
AT THE STRONGEST SINCE ARMISTICE. ACCORDING TO VICHY STATEMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) , LAUSANNE, March 17. The “Gazette de Lausanne’s” Vichy correspondent reports that authorised information is that the French fleet is stronger than at any time since the armistice, and is a force on which the country can base its policy. France’s capital ships, the Jean Bart, anchored at Casablanca, and the Richelieu at Dakar, are both intact. The Dunkerque is undergoing repairs and the Strasbourg is in a constant state of preparedness, while it is claimed that the Provence is intact at Toulon. The Courbet and Paris, which are anchored in British ports, are alleged to be of no naval value. France lost the Bretagne at Oran and the Lorraine is held at Alexandria.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 March 1941, Page 5
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