Prolog

Her namesake is Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), the heroine of the Siege of Orléans during the Hundred Years War and one of the patron saints of France.Jeanne d'Arc was a training cruiser built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the late 1920s. She was designed both as a school ship and a fully capable warship. She saw service through the Second World War, escaping to Halifax after the fall of France and eventually joining the Free French forces before the end of the war. Post war, the cruiser resumed her duties as a training ship, being retired in 1964.

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