File:French destroyer Volta (X62) underway off Portsmouth (UK) on 8 August 1939.jpg

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Description The French destroyer Volta (X62) underway off Portsmouth, England (UK), on 8 August 1939, with French Amiral de la flotte (Admiral of the Fleet) Jean François Darlan embarked. He came to England to confer with British officers concerning Naval dispositions for a prospective war with Germany. Flying from Volta's masthead is Darlan's Amiral de la flotte flag, the French tricolor with crossed anchors in the center.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 86544 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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