Design
The Richelieu class had a planned standard displacement of 35,000 tons, equal to the Washington Treaty limit, with a main armament of eight 380 mm (15 in) guns in two quadruple turrets. Three ships in two subclasses were laid down, all of these had the main turrets in forward superfiring positions, while a fourth unit was planned with one turret forward and the other aft. There were also differences between subclasses in the secondary artillery and the aircraft installations planned to be fitted, as well as minor differences between the Richelieu and the Jean Bart resulting from the latter ship's completion, ten years after the former one's.
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