Richelieu

Survived

Type	Battleship
Class	Richelieu
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 380 mm (15-inch)/45 Modèle 1935 guns

Fast battleship with eight 15-inch guns, all forward in two quadruple turrets. Sailed unfinished from Brest to Dakar in June 1940; torpedoed there by a Swordfish from HMS Hermes in July, she still fought off the British and Free French attack on Dakar in September. Rejoined the Allies in 1943, was refitted in New York, and served with the British Eastern Fleet against Japan. In service until 1967.

The French battleship Richelieu underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 26 August 1943, after her refit at the New York Naval Shipyard (USA). Photo: U.S. Navy photo 80-G-78789, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 × 380 mm (15-inch)/45 Modèle 1935 guns
9 × 152 mm (6 in)/50 guns
12 × 100 mm (3.9-inch) anti-aircraft guns
8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
20 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Hotchkiss machine guns

Armour

Belt: 330 mm (13 in)
Main deck: 170 mm (6.7 in)
Turrets: 430 mm (17 in)
Conning tower: 340 mm (13 in)

Builder	Arsenal de Brest
Laid down	22 October 1935
Launched	17 January 1939
Commissioned	1 April 1940
Displacement	Standard: 37,250 long tons (37,850 t) Full load: 43,992 long tons (44,698 t)
Length	247.85 m (813 ft 2 in)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	1,569

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

17 January 1939

Fate

Survived

Broken up, September 1968