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Shanghai and depart French Indochinese waters on 2 July, arriving in Toulon on 27 July 1946. At the end of September she sailed for Indochina, stopping in North Africa then on to Madagascar and La Reunion and finally Saigon on 30 November. She delivered 1,379 passengers and 277 tons of equipment. She carried out bombardments at Tourane (now Da Nang) in late December and January 1947 and a fire support mission off Annam in March. She followed this by transport missions between Saigon and Ha Lang Bay until September, though she was inactive during July and August at Saigon. She was finally relieved by the cruiser Duguay-Trouin and departed for France in November.
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Alexandria on 13 May. On 22 June the official notification of the French Armistice with Germany was delivered. All French ships were barred from departing the harbour
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Maritime Region alongside the Battleship Paris, then Richelieu. She housed the School
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Indochina with 610 passengers and 50 tons of equipment, arriving on 16 January 1946. She bombarded Cam Ranh and Cap Padaran between 23 January and 9 February. She participated in Operation Bentre and was at the Naval Review at Hal Long Bay (near Tonkin) on
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Tourville were assigned to the Third Light Division. During the Spanish Civil War she evacuated refugees and protected French interest from 1936 thru 1937. In 1937 the Third Light became the Second Cruiser Division. At the beginning of January 1938 she commenced at refit at
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