The Brest force combines two fast battleships with 13-inch guns, Béarn, three light cruisers, and eight contre-torpilleurs. Duguay-Trouin, Montcalm, and Gloire are the light cruisers named here. Such a formation would require a substantial opposing force. The second squadron includes the older battleships Provence, Bretagne, and Lorraine. At Toulon, five heavy cruisers include Algérie, Dupleix, Colbert, Duquesne, and Tourville, with nine contre-torpilleurs providing further strength.
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Brest and Toulon make the French fleet hard to ignore
The Brest and Toulon examples turn the counterfactual into concrete formations with fast battleships, cruisers, and large destroyers.