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''La Galissonnière'' was the name-ship of a class of French light cruisers, named in honour of Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. During World War II, she served with Vichy France. ==History== ''La Galissonnière'' was at first assigned to the 2nd Light Squadron in the Mediterranean until October 1937, when she formed the 3rd Cruiser Division at Toulon, together with her sister ships ''Jean de Vienne'' and ''Marseillaise''. At the outbreak of World War II, ''La Galissonnière'' carried out patrol duties off the Tunisian coast until mid-November 1939, when she started a major refit at Brest until the end of February 1940. She then was based at Toulon until the French surrender in June. From January 1941, she was part of the Vichy "High Seas Force" at Toulon. Two of the three cruisers from the 3rd Cruisers Division – she and ''Marseillaise'' – never went to high sea due to lack of fuel, except in November 1940, to cover the return to Toulon of the battleship ''Provence'', severely damaged by British gunfire in July 1940 during Operation Catapult. However ''La Galissonnière'' was effectively disarmed and inactive. When the Germans occupied Vichy France, she was scuttled on 27 November 1942 to prevent her capture by the Germans and Italians.〔( Scuttling at Toulon )〕 The cruiser shared the drydock with ''Dunkerque'', and her captain moved her forward and opened the sea valves so that she would sink and block the gates. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French cruiser La Galissonnière」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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