| Navy | The French Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Jeanne d'Arc |
| Pennant | |
| Mod | Training cruiser |
| Built by | At.&Ch de St. Nazaire-Penhoet (St. Nazaire, France) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 Aug 1928 |
| Launched | 14 Feb 1930 |
| Commissioned | 14 Aug 1931 |
| End service | 16 Jul 1964 |
| History | Equipped and served as a training cruiser before the war. |
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Notable events involving Jeanne d'Arc include:
21 Jan 1940
HMAS Perth (Capt. H.B. Farncomb, RAN) arrived off Aruba where three German merchant vessels were observed at anchor.
Later HMAS Perth made rendezvous with the French light cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (Capt. P.M.A. Rouyer) and intelligence was exchanged. (1)
30 Aug 1944
Around 1130B/30, the destroyers HMCS Haida (Capt. H.G. De Wolf, DSO, DSC, RCN) and HMCS Iroquois (Cdr. J.C. Hibbard, DSC, RCN) departed Plymouth to make rendezvous with the cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (Capt. J.E.C. Hourcade) in position (C); 46°00'N, 11°30'W around 1100B/31.
The Jeanne d'Arc, which had members of the French Provisional Government on board, had departed Algiers for Cherbourg on 28 August.
The Jeanne d'Arc was routed trough positions (B); 40°00'N, 11°30'W, (C); [see above], (D); 49°00'N, 06°00'W, (E) 180° - Start Point - 4 nautical miles. From there they were to proceed trough swept channels to Cherbourg.
The two Canadian destroyers indeed joined the French cruiser around 1100B/31. They arrived of Cherbourg around 1350B/1 and the cruiser then entered the harbour. Around 1430B/1, the two destroyers left Cherbourg roads for Plymouth where they arrived around 1945B/1. (2)
Sources
- Report of proceedings of HMAS Perth from September 1939 to March 1940
- ADM 199/2300 + File RG24-D-2 / Vol. 7419 (Library and Archives Canada)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.