File talk:Battleship Strasbourg after bomb attack, 1944.jpg

The capsized cruiser might be the Marseillaise, of the same class than La Galissonière, but which I know to have been capsized. I am not certain that La Galissonière was not sunk on an even keel.

Furthermore, La Galissonière was at the Darse de Missiessy, while Marseillaise was at the Appontements de Milhaud along with Strasbourg. Note however that the ships seem to have been moved. Rama (talk) 12:19, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

La Galissonière ou La Marseillaise?

Rama, thank you for your kind observations. To the best of my knowledge, La Marseillaise was scrapped in situ after the war without having been moved by the Italians during their salvage operations. Damage to her was quite extensive. Jeanne de Vienne and La Galissonière both were scuttled on an even keel in November 1942, and were later raised (I have pictures to prove this if you would like to see them). Both were also repaired but Jeanne de Vienne was bombed and capsized against her quayside, as described in the article on her available on Wikipedia. La Galissonière was bombed and sunk in August 1944. You are correct in your assumption that the ships were moved as this was done by the Italian salvers. I am pursuing my own research in this regard to clear up the confusion. Thank you again and please feel free to respond with any further input. 19 January 2010 Ryan M.

If you're interested, I have tried to draw a sketch of the positions of the ships in the harbour, File:Scuttling-Toulon.svg; if you have access to material that would allow pinpointing more of the ships, I'd be delighted to hear your comments.

And thank you for this very valuable photograph. Cheers! Rama (talk) 09:33, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Rama, thank you again for your help and for the excellent map. I have aerial shots of the scuttled fleet but it can be difficult determining what ship was where due to the smoke and grainy images. I will keep you posted on what I discover. Merci et cordialement! 20 January 2010 Ryan M.