 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Algérie yakanga iri cruiser yekupedzisira yechibvumirano yakavakwa nokuda kweFrench Navy. Yakagadzirirwa uye yakavakwa mukupindura kuItaly ye 8-inch pfuti cruisers, iye akanga ari mutsva zvachose uye kwete akavakirwa pamidziyo yapfuura. Iyo caisson yakashongedzwa yakashandiswa uye yakasiyiwa nokuda kwebhanhire rakazara rakapoteredza zvose mabhuku uye nzvimbo dzemichina. Iye akasiya chikwata propulsion hurongwa kare akashandiswa uye akaisa mapoka boilers ake mberi zvichiita kuti kuderedzwa kuti chete kamwene. Yakanga iri imwe yengarava dzokutanga kushandisa super heating boilers. Welding yaishandiswa zvikurukuru panzvimbo pokubatanidza kwakajairika mumidziyo yapfuura. Akachengeta zvombo zvikuru zvakafanana asi pfuti dzake dzechipiri dzakawedzera kusvika 100 mm pfuti. Yakashanda muMediterranean mushure mekunge yapinda mubasa uye yakatsvaga maGermany surface raiders pakutanga kwehondo. Yakanga iri paToulon panguva yeArmistice uye yakaramba iripo kusvikira yanyuramuna November 1942. 