Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The La Galissonnière cruiser class was a group of six warships admitted in active service in the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until the completion of De Grasse in 1956. They are considered as fast, reliable and successful ships. Two cruisers of this class, Georges Leygues and Montcalm, took part, in late September, 1940, in the defence of Dakar against a vain attempt by British and Free French Forces to occupy this important naval base in French West Africa, under Vichy control. With the cruiser Gloire, they joined the Allied forces, after the successful Allied landings in North Africa, on November 1942. The three other cruisers of La Galissoniere class, staying under Vichy control in Toulon, were scuttled on November 27, 1942.After refit with American help, Georges Leygues, Montcalm and Gloire took part in various Allied operations, such as covering the D-Day Normandy landings in 1944. Postwar they were the flagship of the French Mediterranean Squadron, and carried out several operations off Indo-China coasts, till 1954, and afterwards off Algeria coasts, or off Egypt, during the Suez crisis.They were scrapped between 1958 and 1970."@en }
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- La_Galissonnière-class_cruiser abstract "The La Galissonnière cruiser class was a group of six warships admitted in active service in the French Navy in the 1930s. They were the last French cruisers completed after 1935, until the completion of De Grasse in 1956. They are considered as fast, reliable and successful ships. Two cruisers of this class, Georges Leygues and Montcalm, took part, in late September, 1940, in the defence of Dakar against a vain attempt by British and Free French Forces to occupy this important naval base in French West Africa, under Vichy control. With the cruiser Gloire, they joined the Allied forces, after the successful Allied landings in North Africa, on November 1942. The three other cruisers of La Galissoniere class, staying under Vichy control in Toulon, were scuttled on November 27, 1942.After refit with American help, Georges Leygues, Montcalm and Gloire took part in various Allied operations, such as covering the D-Day Normandy landings in 1944. Postwar they were the flagship of the French Mediterranean Squadron, and carried out several operations off Indo-China coasts, till 1954, and afterwards off Algeria coasts, or off Egypt, during the Suez crisis.They were scrapped between 1958 and 1970.".