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  1. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 9206

    ...reputation as a scholar, scouring libraries in his rare moments of freedom and talking at length about the treasures of the Rue de Richelieu. Before the war, he was a regular visitor to the large reading room of the Bibliothèque Nationale, and he knew administrator Cain well. He was a little...
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    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    July 15th, 1943 TF-100, 14:00 - Decks, gangways, corridors and every corner of the Jean-Bart, the Richelieu, Primauguet and the "menagerie" (all the "Pumas") are the object of maniacal attention: brushes, rollers, brooms, shovels, sponges and mops mercilessly track down the smallest rust...
  3. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 8744 - Operation Nemo / Bastille

    ...of horsepower. The tubes of the heavy flak, the only effective one at such a distance, thunder in unison. In all: 24 100 mm guns (Algerie, Richelieu) and especially 74 127 mm tubes (Jean-Bart, Primauguet, Marseillaise, as well as the Pumas)! The aim is to send as much metal as possible...
  4. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    July 8th, 1943 Somewhere north of the Azores - Spotted by an Avenger patrol from the Jean-Bart, the Richelieu's group is redirected towards the aircraft carrier's group, which continues its route eastward. 14:00 - The Richelieu's lookouts spot the Jean-Bart. 15:30 - The link is made. Task Force...
  5. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 8649

    ...two Corsairs and the two SBDs of the CAP pass by the masts of the freighters to show their colors. Around 14:00 (local time), the ASW coverage is taken over from the Jean-Bart by planes coming from the Azores. The CAPs continued. Far to the north, a PB4Y-1 of the US Navy spots the Richelieu...
  6. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    ...and two TBFs or SBDs, the bulk of the ASW work still being done by the land-based aircraft. ......... Scapa Flow, 08:00 local time - The Richelieu and its escort sail, greeted by the whistles and sirens of the Royal Navy ships and the cheers of the British crews at the bandstands, while the...
  7. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 8407

    ...would take time and that would flatter the Lion of Limnos. Something French... And there, Henri Navarre had the idea of an excursion on the Richelieu - the pride of the fleet and of fighting France was in England, passing through after having been in the United States. The English didn't...
  8. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    ...considered labelling himself Jupiter, he agreed to go down one floor and to settle for Dumas himself... Finally, when they join us, the Richelieu, Algerie and the Marseillaise will become respectively Rochelle, Jussac and Rochefort (Cardinal having been judged too transparent...)." According...
  9. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 8062 - Latécoère 611/612 n° 01 Achernar & Jean-Bart musical band

    ...staff (three officers and two petty officers - alas, France Combattante was short of manpower). Bourragué was going to confer on the Richelieu with CA Ronarc'h, now his deputy. On the 14th, the big bird left Orkney for Norfolk, where she arrived on the 16th morning after two stops: Reykjavik...
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    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    April 22nd, 1943 Alger - At the Admiralty, the English request to send the Richelieu to Scapa Flow for two to three months is favourably received. The battleship would go there on a visit, accompanied by the Algérie, the Marseillaise and six destroyers. An upgrading of the electronic systems of...
  11. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    ...would leave only the Anson as a fast battleship to watch over the Tirpitz. "Never mind," exclaims Churchill. The French would lend us their Richelieu, as in 1940, which was much worse then! We'll just have to install our second-to-last model of radar for free! Pound agrees that this would...
  12. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 6444 - Status of the Aéronavale at the end of 1942

    ...Vought Kingfisher with some cruisers in Oran and Algiers HS 6 2 Vought Kingfisher with the Algérie Notes - The seaplanes of the battleship Richelieu (HS 5) were landed. - The two Kingfishers of the Jeanne d'Arc were a gift from Admiral Turner, for services rendered during Operation...

  13. Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation

    ...vs Battleship" confrontations, at least as the TL was being written ten years ago and more: - Bismarck vs Hood & Prince of Wales & Richelieu - Provence / Lorraine / Bretagne vs Littorio - Marat vs Tirpitz And all the Pacific War battles, of course. I've come to understand that Mark Bailey is...
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    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 5680 - Battle of Acireale, Second air battle of the Gulf of Noto

    ...leave for Augusta and Syracuse. ......... "Death of a lone Ranger" 02:30 - Admiral Rawlings, Admiral Derrien (back in Malta with the Richelieu, as it has become clear that the Regia Marina will not attack in force) and Rear Admiral Hewitt, with the carrier force, are informed of the action...
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    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 5369

    ...- Shortly after midnight, the attack force commanded by Admiral Rawlings (RN) begins shelling the port of Cagliari. The battleship MN Richelieu and the heavy cruisers HMS Exeter, MN Algerie and USS Tuscaloosa pound the harbour until 02:00. At dawn, the B-25s of the 11th and 31st EB, escorted...
  16. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 4965 - Battle of Ventspils, Fall of Minsk

    ...destroyed last year the most powerful ship of the British Navy, the Hood, and seriously damaged a very modern French battleship, the Richelieu; both of these ships were far more powerful than the Marat was. (d) Our agents in Gdynia and Klaipedia [Memel] have confirmed that the Tirpitz itself...
  17. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 4848 - State of Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean

    ...Force - Admiral Rawlings (1st Deputy: V-A Derrien) I.1 - Surface action group (Vice-Admiral Derrien) BB HMS Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, MN Richelieu. CA HMS Exeter, MN Algerie, Dupleix, USS Augusta. CL HMS Kenya (F), MN Gloire, USS Brooklyn. CT MN Cassard, Kersaint, Tartu, Volta. DD MN...
  18. Wings

    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    June 8th, 1942 Great Britain - The heavy cruiser Algérie leaves the Clyde, where she spent four weeks after the departure of the Richelieu from Scapa Flow for a brief well-deserved refit. The AA guns have been replaced by four double 40 mm Bofors mounts and the radar system has been upgraded...
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    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
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    March 11th, 1942 Mers-el-Kébir - Arrival of the Richelieu and its escort - four destroyers of the Le Hardi class - coming from the Clyde. The cruiser Algérie remained in Scotland for a short refit which will allow the modernization of various equipment.
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    Fantasque Time Line (France Fights On) - English Translation
    Threadmarks: 4390

    May 6th, 1942 Scapa Flow - The battleship Richelieu, the heavy cruiser Algérie and their screen of four large Le Hardi class destroyers set sail for Oran. This movement, approved during the last Franco-British naval staff meeting, was made possible by the fact that the Home Fleet, which had...
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