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Nope, before France collapse the Jean Bart was to be a Richelieu clone. 100% battleship. It then escaped from Nantes, briefly vacillated between going to Scotland or to Casablanca, and decided for the later. Only to shoot at Operation Torch, being heavily damaged in the fight.After what the Free French asked Uncle Sam to turn it into a carrier. Too long, too complicated, a proposal was made to put instead, Bretagne 340 mm spare guns on it. nothing happened during WWII, then France alone vacillated between carrier or battleship,and despite Richelieu, went for second plan, getting two perfectly unuseful giant white elephants in the process. After a Vanguard-like career, they were retired in the early 60's to make room for the Clemenceaus, and the Force de Frappe submarines...
Nope, before France collapse the Jean Bart was to be a Richelieu clone. 100% battleship. It then escaped from Nantes, briefly vacillated between going to Scotland or to Casablanca, and decided for the later. Only to shoot at Operation Torch, being heavily damaged in the fight.
After what the Free French asked Uncle Sam to turn it into a carrier. Too long, too complicated, a proposal was made to put instead, Bretagne 340 mm spare guns on it. nothing happened during WWII, then France alone vacillated between carrier or battleship,and despite Richelieu, went for second plan, getting two perfectly unuseful giant white elephants in the process. After a Vanguard-like career, they were retired in the early 60's to make room for the Clemenceaus, and the Force de Frappe submarines...
