Ship:Richelieu

VIII

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Richelieu — France Tech Tree Tier VIII Battleship.

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.

Pros

• High level of citadel protection
• Easy to shoot accurately at long ranges
• Engine Boost consumable available

Cons

• Small HP pool
• Low level of protection against HE shells

Ship Stats

Hull Information

SURVIVABILITY	Richelieu (A)	Richelieu (B)
• Hit Points	54500	63700
• Torpedo protection damage reduction (%)	—

ARMOR DETAIL
• Belt (mm)	—
• Deck (mm)	—
• Superstructure (mm)	—
• Extremities (mm)	—

MANEUVERABILITY	Richelieu (A)	Richelieu (B)
• Maximum speed (kt)	32.0	32.0
• Turning circle radius (m)	850	850
• Rudder-shift time (sec)	28.1	20.1

CONCEALMENT	Richelieu (A)	Richelieu (B)
• Detectability by sea (km)	16.24	16.24
• Detectability by air (km)	10.0	10.0
• Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km)	15.42
• Detectability by depths (km)	10.0	10.0

Main Battery

MAIN BATTERY	PCA n° 8 Mle 1	PCA n° 8 Mle 2
• Arrangement	2×4 380mm
• Firing range (km)	22.97	25.27
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	2
• 180° turn time (sec)	36.0

DISPERSION
• Dispersion type	French/Italian BB dispersion
• Dispersion formula	Dispersion (m) = 9.8 × range(km) + 66
• Sigma	1.8
• Maximum dispersion (m)	291
• Dispersion at 5 km	115
• Dispersion at 10 km	164
• Dispersion at 15 km	213
• Dispersion at 20 km	262
• Dispersion at 22.97 km	291

HE SHELL
• Name	380 mm HE OEA Mle 1945
• Maximum damage	5400
• Fire chance (%)	36.0%
• Shell velocity (m/s)	830
• Shell weight (kg)	884
• Penetration (mm)	63

AP SHELL
• Name	380 mm AP OPfK Mle 1943
• Maximum damage	11900
• Shell velocity (m/s)	830
• Shell weight (kg)	885
• Fuse time (sec)	0.033
• Ricochet start (°)	45
• Always ricochet (°)	60
• Normalisation (°)	6
• Arming threshold (mm)	63

Secondary Battery

SECONDARY BATTERY
• Secondary battery range (km)	7.6

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1
• Shell type	HE
• Name	152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937
• Arrangement	2x100mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	15.0
• Maximum damage	1400
• Shell velocity (m/s)	780
• Penetration (mm)	17
• Fire chance (%)	6.0%

SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2
• Shell type	HE
• Name	100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928
• Arrangement	3.0x152mm
• Rate of fire (shots/min)	5.0
• Maximum damage	2200
• Shell velocity (m/s)	870
• Penetration (mm)	25
• Fire chance (%)	12.0%

Airstrike

ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES)
• Range (km)	10
• Minimum range (km)	0.5
• Reload time (sec)	30.0
• Number of aircraft	1
• Depth charges in payload	2
• Damage	4200
• Deployment	Manual

AA Defense

Richelieu (A)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
152 mm + 100 mm	3 × 3 + 6 × 2
40 mm	14 × 2
20 mm	48 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	357	70%	2.0
Mid-range	273	75%	3.5
Long-range	77	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	950	75%	3.5–5.8

Richelieu (B)

AA ARMAMENT	MOUNTS × BARRELS
152 mm + 100 mm	3 × 3 + 6 × 2
40 mm	14 × 4
20 mm	48 × 1

Continuous damage — average DPS within each action zone

RANGE	DPS	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
Short-range	346.5	70%	2.0
Mid-range	374.5	75%	3.5
Long-range	77	75%	5.8

Damage by shell explosions

EXPLOSIONS / SALVO	DAMAGE	HIT CHANCE	ACTION ZONE (km)
4	950	75%	3.5–5.8

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5

Consumables

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party  (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
• Slot 2: Repair Party  (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 272.5 hp/s)
• Slot 3: Engine Boost  (3 charges, 180.0s action, 120.0s cooldown)

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