La Galissonnière was the lead ship of her class of six light cruisers built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the 1930s. She was named in honour...
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The La Galissonnière-class cruisers were commissioned by the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until...
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launched in 1872 and stricken in 1894 French cruiser La Galissonnière, lead ship of the La Galissonnière-class cruiser launched in 1933 and scuttled in 1942...
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Marseillaise was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During the Second World War, she remained with Vichy France. The La Galissonnière class was...
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Georges Leygues was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During World War II, she served with both Vichy France and Allies. She was named...
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Gloire was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. The La Galissonnière class was designed as an enlarged and improved version of the preceding...
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Jean de Vienne was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During World War II, she remained with Vichy France. She was named for Jean de...
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stricken in 1929, and scrapped in 1933 French cruiser Marseillaise (1935), a La Galissonnière-class cruiser launched in 1935 and sunk during World War...
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d'Arc (1930) – scrapped 1966 Émile Bertin (1933) – struck 1959 La Galissonnière class La Galissonnière (1933) – scuttled 27 November 1942, salvaged by Italian...
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later light and heavy French cruisers, particularly the slightly larger La Galissonnière class of cruisers. This was the first French warship to use triple...
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orders to scuttle, but was persuaded by his colleague in the nearby cruiser La Galissonnière to follow suit. The crew opened the holes caused by British torpedo...
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was a French La Galissonnière-class cruiser, named in honour of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. During World War II, she served with both Vichy France and the...
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De Grasse was an anti-aircraft cruiser of the French Navy. She was the first French vessel named in honour of François Joseph Paul, Marquis de Grasse Tilly...
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Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, Marquis de La Galissonière, sometimes spelled Galissonnière (French pronunciation: [ʁolɑ̃ miʃɛl baʁɛ̃ də la galisɔnjɛʁ];...
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least two ships of the French Navy have been named Jean de Vienne: French cruiser Jean de Vienne, a La Galissonnière-class cruiser launched in 1935 and...
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least two ships of the French Navy have been named Georges Leygues: French cruiser Georges Leygues, a La Galissonnière-class cruiser launched in 1936 and...
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Dakar, the Vichy French had scheduled for 22 September 1940 to send the cruisers Algérie, Foch, Dupleix, Marseillaise and La Galissonnière plus three contre...
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the lead ship of the Gloire-class armoured cruiser. Gloire (1933–1958), a La Galissonnière-class cruiser Gloire (1799 ship) was launched at Bayonne in...
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Villars class of unprotected cruisers built for the French Navy in the 1870s. The ships were designed for service in the French colonial empire, and they...
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the last treaty cruiser constructed for the French Navy. Designed and built in response to the Italian's Zara class of 8-inch gun cruisers, she was a totally...
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cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930)- FTR, VF and FF French cruiser Émile Bertin- FTR, VF and FF La Galissonnière-class cruiser- FTR, VF and FF French cruiser...
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was a cruiser of the French Navy. She was the first vessel of the second group of 8-inch gunned, 10,000 ton treaty cruisers built for the French navy,...
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over France's attempt to colonize Vietnam had led to the Sino-French War. By that time, the squadron included the ironclad warships La Galissonnière (the...
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T 53-class destroyer (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
a naval aviation training ship alongside the helicopter cruiser Jeanne d'Arc. La Galissonnière differed slightly in specification from the rest of the...
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warships La Galissonnière (the flagship) and Triomphante, the unprotected cruisers Duguay-Trouin, Villars, and Volta, and the gunboat Lutin. France's campaign...
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French vessels were either recalled home or dispersed to other stations, but Roland remained in the unit, along with the ironclads La Galissonnière (the...
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unprotected cruiser, the lead ship of her class, built for the French Navy in the 1870s. The ship was intended to serve abroad in the French colonial empire...
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before the Germans won the Battle of France in June, Richelieu fled to Dakar in French West Africa to keep her under French control. There, she came under repeated...
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unprotected cruiser of the Lapérouse class built for the French Navy in the 1870s and 1880s. The ship was intended to serve abroad in the French colonial...
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Pluton was a fast minelaying cruiser built for the French Navy in the late 1920s. She was also able to carry 1,000 troops on her mine deck as a fast troop...
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