Richelieu - Tier VIII French Battleship 1940

The Richelieu class was the French response to the Italian Littorio class. The final project was essentially an enlarged variant of Dunkerque with improved AA defenses. While still under construction, Richelieu was evacuated to Africa, but the ship served in World War II at a later stage.

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Released

Ship Info

Ship Name:   VIII Richelieu

Level: 8

Resource:  136 000   10 500 000

Game Nation:  France

Armor

Health Points: 63,700

Armour: 19-430 mm

Side armor fore/mid/aft: 32/32/32 mm

Deck plating fore/mid/aft: 32/32/32 mm

Fore Athwartships: 22-233 mm

Aft Athwartships: 22-233 mm

Citadel Fore Athwartships: 233-355 mm

Citadel Aft Athwartships: 233 mm

Superstructure: 19 mm

Armour Belt: 32-310 mm

Citadel Torpedo Bulkhead: 30-50 mm

Citadel Armoured deck slopes: 230-350 mm

Casemate Deck: 150-170 mm

Citadel Deck: 40 mm

Citadel Bottom: 50 mm

Torpedo Damage Reduction: 35%

Turret Plating: 170-430 mm

Tonnage: 47,006 t

Main Battery Armament

2 x 4 380 mm/45 Mle 1935 in a turret:

Firing Range: 25.3 km

Reload Time: 30.0 s

180 Degree Turn Time: 36 s

Maximum Dispersion: 314 m

Sigma Value: 1.80σ

Shell Types

HE Shells

8x 380 mm HE OEA Mle 1945:

Alpha Damage: 5,400

Alpha Piercing HE: 63.0 mm

Ammo Type: High Explosive

Shell Air Drag: 0.2791

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 8.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.001

Shell Detonator Threshold: 2.0

Shell Diameter: 380 mm

Shell Krupp: 1.0

Shell Mass: 884.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 91.0°

Shell Speed: 830.0 m/s

Burn Probability: 36%

AP Shells

8x 380 mm AP OPfK Mle 1943:

Alpha Damage: 11,900

Ammo Type: Armor Piercing

Shell Air Drag: 0.2791

Shell Always Ricochet At: 60.0°

Normalization: 6.0°

Shell Detonator: 0.033

Shell Detonator Threshold: 63.0

Shell Diameter: 380 mm

Shell Krupp: 2347.0

Shell Mass: 885.0 kg

Shell Ricochet At: 45.0°

Shell Speed: 830.0 m/s

Torpedoes

Not available

Airstrike

Aircraft HP: 2000 - LeO H-470 (Level 6)

Maximum bomb damage: 4200

Reload time: 30 s

Available flights: 2

Attack aircraft per flight: 1

Range: 10 km

Bombs per payload: 2x 350 lb Bomb Mk 54

Burn Probability: 24%

Depth Charges

Not available

Secondaries

3 x 3 152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937:

Range: 7.6 km

Reload: 12.0 s

Damage: 2,200 hp

Chance of Fire: 12%

HE Armour Penetration: 25 mm

Shell Velocity: 870 m/s

6 x 2 100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928:

Range: 7.6 km

Reload: 4.0 s

Damage: 1,400 hp

Chance of Fire: 6%

HE Armour Penetration: 17 mm

Shell Velocity: 780 m/s

Anti Aircraft Armament

Continuous damage: 311

Long Range

3 x 3 152 mm/55 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1936 mount;
6 x 2 100 mm/45 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1931 mount:

Firing range: 5.8 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage Within an Explosion: 1,330

Damage by long-range AA guns: 77

Number of Explosions Per Salvo: 4

Priority sector reinforcement: 50%

Mid Range

14 x 4 40 mm Bofors on a Mk.2 mount:

Firing range: 3.5 km

Hit Probability: 75 %

Damage by medium-range AA guns: 375

Short Range

48 x 1 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount:

Firing range: 2.0 km

Hit Probability: 70 %

Damage by medium-range AA guns: 347

Mobility

Maximum speed: 32.0 kts

Turning circle radius: 850 m

Rudder shift time: 15.4 s

Propulsion: 155,000 hp

Detection

Surface Detectability: 16.2 km

Air Detectability: 10.0 km

Detectability after Firing Main Guns in Smoke: 15.4 km

Available Consumables

Slot 1: Damage Control Party

Charges: Unlimited

Work Time: 15 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Slot 2: Repair Party

Charges: 4

Action time: 28 s

Reload Time: 80 s

Regenerated hp per Second: +318 hp/s

Slot 3: Engine Boost

Charges: 3

Action time: 180 s

Reload Time: 120 s

Note: All stats are listed without crew and upgrade modifiers but with best available modules. The stats are subject to change at any time.