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If you were a little bit interested in History you'd know French Navy repelled a British attack on Dakar in 1940 aimed at sinking the Richelieu and taking the harbour. Even when outnumbered 18 to 1 during the Operation Torch in 1942, the few French ships present in North Africa went to face head on the American and British navies. Several ships that were captured in British harbours in 1940 fought along the allies and participated in the Italian campaign, Operation Overlord and Operation Dragoon. The Richelieu itself went in the Indian ocean to fight the Japanese...

So before trying to be witty go study and you'll see that   throughout History  the French navy was far to chicken out of a fight !