"The battle of Merce el-Kebir. Facts and Figures" Topic

"In early July 1940, the English naval fleet a series of operations was carried out, killing more than 1 French sailors. United under the general name "Catapult", they provided for the capture or destruction of the ships of their allies of yesterday in the English and colonial French ports.

The main events during the implementation of the aforementioned operation took place as follows. The British seized the battleship Courbet in Portsmouth on July 3, the next day in Paris the turn of the battleship Paris, the counter-destroyer Le Triomphant, the destroyer Mistral and the world's largest submarine Surcouf. The British also planned a raid on the port of Pointe à Pitre, where the aircraft carrier Béarn, the cruiser Émile Bertin and the light training cruiser Jeanne d'Arc were located, however, the attack planned for 8 July was canceled at the last minute due to the personal intervention of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On July XNUMX, at the port of Alexandria, the British threatened the crews of the French battleship Lorraine, the cruisers Duquesne, Tourville, Suffren and Duguay-Trouin, as well as the destroyers Forbin, Fortuné, Basque and the Persée submarine to deliver them ship fuel, gun locks and torpedo warheads. Part of the crews of the French ships was interned. Three days later, Rear Admiral Planson rejected the English ultimatum, and on the morning of July XNUMX, the battleship Richelieu, located in Dakar, was attacked by six English torpedo bombers from the Hermes aircraft carrier. One of the torpedoes dropped by them damaged the stern of the vessel, a significant amount of sea water was received through the resulting hole with an area of ​​almost eighty square meters, and the ship crashed…"
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Armand

A good account with great photos but I guess some bizarre courtesy of an online translation to English.

Glad you like it my friend!.

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Armand

Am I the only one who finds that line by Tango01 really creepy?

They note the color of dye markers each French capital ship used with its shells.
I also found the damage reports interesting. Somehow, the concept of a "dent" in 150 mm thick steel armor takes some getting used to.
The photos of the damage do illustrate the nature of the damage. I also liked the photo of HMS Hood.

Yup, a definite computer translation.

Grelber

Seems you are… (smile)

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