Bretagne-class battleship
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The Bretagne-class battleships were the first "super-dreadnoughts" built for the French Navy during the First World War. The class comprised three vessels: Bretagne, the lead ship, Provence, and Lorra
Provence in harbor
US Navy recognition photo of Provence
One of Provence's turrets used as a shore battery
Force H
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Force H was a British naval formation during the Second World War. It was formed in late-June 1940, to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean removed by the French armistice with Nazi
Force H off Gibraltar in 1940 by Rowland Langmaid
HMS Renown and HMS Ark Royal operating at sea in Force H. Photo taken from HMS Sheffield.