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FS
RICH
Lead ship of the intended four Richelieu-class French battleships along with
Jean Bart, Clemenceau
(not completed) and
Gascogne
(not laid down). Neither
Richelieu
or
Jean Bart
were complete before the Second World War started in
1939, but when the French were defeated in the Battle of France in 1940, both
ships now ready, ed to the relative safety of French colonies in Africa,
Richelieu
to Dakar and
Jean Bart
to Casablanca.
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Laid down on 22 October
at Arsenal de Brest, France.
Launched on 17 January.
Commissioned on 1 April.
Richelieu
was damaged
during Operation Catapult
(a British naval attack
on French Navy ships at
the naval base at Mers El
Kébir), and at the Battle of
Dakar (an Allied attempt to
capture the port of Dakar
in French West Africa).
Richelieu
arriving
in New York with a
damaged turret.
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HELIEU
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After repairs,
Richelieu
was turned over to Free French
control after the Allied invasion of North Africa.
She served with the British Home Fleet before being
deployed to the Eastern Fleet in the battle against the
Japanese.
Richelieu
was at the Battle of Malacca, but not close
enough to engage the Japanese ships.
Also in the same year,
Richelieu
was part of the force
which liberated Singapore following the Japanese
surrender in the September.
The French battleship
Richelieu
off the east
coast of the US in 1943.
SPECIFICATION
Dimensions
Propulsion
Speed/Range
Complement
Length 813ft., Beam 115ft., Draught 32ft., Surface displacement 47,500 tons.
4x Parsons geared turbines producing 150,000hp.
Speed 30 knots, 35mph/Range 8,499nm, 9,781 miles.
1,550.
8x 380mm/45 Modele 1935 main guns / 8x 380mm/45 Modele 1935 main guns.
9x 150mm cannons / 9x 150mm cannons.
Firepower
Pre 1943/
Post 1943
12x 100mm anti-aircraft cannons / 12x 100mm anti-aircraft cannons.
16x 37mm anti-aircraft cannons / 56x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft cannons.
8x 13.2mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft machine guns / 48x 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons.
Air wing
3 or 4 Loire 130 or Arado Ar 196 oatplane aircraft.
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1956
1967
1968
1969
She underwent repairs and minor
modifications while back in France.
Removed from active service and used as
a gunnery training ship.
Placed in reserve and used as a barracks
ship.
Richelieu
was sold for scrap and broken
up in Italy.
Original
configuration
recognition drawing
of the
Richelieu.
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