she was in Plymouth then assigned to Group Lorraine of the French Navy employed in bombarding isolated German fortresses along the Atlantic Coast. On April 1, 1945 she was deployed with the old battleship Lorraine and several small escort ships for the successful retaking of Royan and Pointe du Grave clearing the way to Bordeaux. Postwar service With the cessation of hostilities in May 1945 she underwent a five month refit at Brest commencing on 16 June finishing on 14 November 1945. On 22 December 1945 she sailed for French Indochina to aid in the re-assersion of French authority over the region arriving at Saigon on 26 January. On 28 February she sailed to assist in the retaking of Tonkin. On 24 March she was at the Naval Review in Ha Long Bay. During the period from the end of March to the middle of April she made round trips to Shanghai and Hong Kong as well as two trips between Saigon and Tonkin. In May she again sailed to Hong Kong and Shanghai. August and September she was sailing between Saigon and Tonkin. She departed Siagon on 4 October returning to France on 6 November. She remained in France only for about month before she redeployed back to French Indochina. For her final deployment she departed on the on 22 December arriving at Saigon on 17 January 1947. After a transport mission to Tonkin she provided fire support at Tourane (present day Da Nang). During March she fired 475 rounds of 75 mm shells. On 16 April she departed Saigon for France arriving in Home Waters on 16 May. Duquesne was placed in reserve at Toulon on 1 September 1947 then attached to the Amphibious Operations Training Center at Arzew, Algeria, She proceeded to Oran for modification between February and August 1948 for her new role. On 30 August she was moored at Arzew and would remain until stricken on 2 July 1955. Redesignated as Q 52 she was towed to Mers el-Kebir in August. She was put up for sale on 27 July 1956. References Bibliography External links 203 mm/50 (8in) Model 1924 naval gun 75 mm/50 (3.0 in) Model 1922 naval gun 37 mm/50 (1.46 in) Model 1933 naval gun 13.2 mm(0.5 in) machinegun Model 1929 French Pre-war Torpedoes Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Duquesne on NetMarine.net Cruiser classes World War II warships scuttled at