the Vichy French had scheduled for 22 September 1940 to send the cruisers Algérie, Foch, Dupleix, and plus three contre torpilleurs and two fleet torpedo boats to Dakar as reinforcements. The plan was vetoed by the Germans on 20 September. On 11 November 1942 the Germans started their occupation of Vichy France. The FHM was ready to sail to North Africa to defend it from the Torch landings but was denied permission to sail. By 27 November the Germans had reached Toulon and entered the base. The Germans were delayed from entering the naval dockyard giving the French sailors time to scuttle the fleet. Foch was in a deactivated state at Castigneau, Toulon. Her guns were spiked with 35 kg charges that were detonated destroying the guns and the sea cocks and condensers were opened and the ship settled to the bottom. She was raised by the Italians who scrapped her between 1943 and 1944. References Bibliography External links 203 mm/50 (8in) Model 1924 naval gun 90 mm/50 (3.5 in) Model 1926 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 World War II warships scuttled at Toulon 1929 ships World War II cruisers of France