and 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 Toulon completing in August. Wartime Service At the outbreak of war in September 1939, Tourville was at Toulon with six other First Class Cruisers. Tourville together with Colbert formed the 2nd Division. The 2nd Division sailing from Bizerte, Algeria on 8 December cruised the Eastern Mediterranean to monitor shipping. Tourville returned on 26 December, she cruised from Bizerte, Algeria to Beirut, Lebanon during which she stopped and verified 32 merchant ships. From 20 January 1940 to 7 February she transported gold from France to Beirut to finance a loan from TurkeyWhitley, Duquesne Class, p. 29 On 4 May 1940 she arrived at Alexandria to join Vice Admiral Godfroy's Force X.Jordan & Moulin, Chapter 10, Deployments 1939 - 1940 She sailed in concert with cruiser Suffern and Fleet Torpedo boat Forbin arriving in Beirut on 21 May joined by Duquesne and Duguay-Trouin six days later. Two more Fleet Torpedo boats Le Fortune and Basque arrived on 24 and 25 May respectively. On 11 June the ships conducted a raid into the Aegean off Crete, finding nothing returned to 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 after 23 June. On 3 July Admiral Cunningham present Admiral Godfrey the ultimatum - surrender the ships to British control, demilitarize the ships at their moorings or scuttle. The Admirals signed an agreement on 7 July to demilitarize the vessels. On 17 May 1943 the ships of Force X rejoined the Allied cause as part of the Free French Forces. On 18 August 1943 she sail with Duquesne'' via the Suez Canal, around the Cape of Good Hope to Dakar. She would be employed in anti-blockade duties searching for blockade runners, starting in October 1943. By 10 February 1944 she had made seven patrols. In December 1943 she was assigned to the 1st Cruiser Division of the Free French Fleet. Between January and March she underwent a modernization at Dakar as the Americans had deemed the older treaty cruisers as too old for a comprehensive modernization in the US. The