The Algerie was a French cruiser of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1932 and scuttled in shallow water at Toulon in late November 1942 before being salvaged after the Second World War. The Algerie was a new design of cruiser at the time, developed in response to the Italian Zara type cruisers and fitted with a new longer range 8-inch gun. The A... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RA.HTM