Word: richelieu
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...British heavy cruiser and the aircraft carrier Hermes were ordered to immobilize, by persuasion or force, the one remaining capital ship of France's Navy not already knocked out or taken over by Britain. Mightiest Frenchman of them all, the brand-new, 35,000-ton Battleship Richelieu, mounting eight 15-inch guns and a bristling mass of lesser armament, lay somewhat ahead in the tropic darkness, inside a net-boom in the harbor of Dakar. Smaller French warships lay there, too, to protect her, and all were well warned of an impending attack. For the Richelieu's commander...
With a volunteer crew, Bristowe entered a twin-motored ship's launch. Starting far offshore, it purred in quietly to the steel harbor net, which it passed over safely. Through the thick darkness Commander Bristowe felt his way undetected to the looming bulk of the Richelieu, and around under her stern. There to damage the giant's propellers and steering gear, his men put overboard a batch of depth charges so powerful that, when they went off, the harbor-heaving concussion knocked dead both of Bristowe's launch motors. As French shouts, searchlights and anti-aircraft fire...
From France came news that the 35,000-ton Richelieu, mounting eight 15-in. guns, was also ready to enter service and that three sister ships were being rushed to completion. The commissioning of these new ships will eventually give the Allied Fleets 26 capital ships, a 3-to-1 superiority over the Italo-German Navies, an eight-ship advantage even if they are joined by the Japanese...
...Austria's late Chancellor Seipel was a Monsignor, France's late great Richelieu a Cardinal...
...Richelieu's owner, a Colonel Bemus, used to trot around to Sprague Warner's to sample before buying. Anything the sniffish colonel approved was dubbed "Richelieu" as a mark of distinction...