05750 FRENCH NAVY RICHELIEU 1943 Trumpeter  [TP05750]

France Naval Richelieu Battleship Richelieu premiered on January seventeenth, 1939. Due to the issue in France following German offensive, she sailed for Dakar in June,1940. But in addition for some governmental reasons?she struggled British warships here. Then she rejoined the Allied in 1942 and ended up being refitted in January 1943 at Brooklyn Navy Yard in america. She had the lady radar and AA armament upgraded. The woman 37mm and 13.2mm AA armament ended up being changed by 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikons. This refit was finished in August. Then she had been built-into the British Residence Fleet .With products of this fleet, she participated in a surgical procedure despite the Norwegian coastline in January 1944. After purchased to become listed on the British Far Eastern Fleet, she took part in operations against Japan. After WW?, Richelieu returned to French.

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