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{{#vardefine:ship_name|Richelieu}}
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|Anno=<!-- you can write below short description for the ship. it will replace default once. -->
<div class="b-description gw-frame-1"><div class="b-description-img b-description-img__indent b-description-img__single"><div style="width:160px; height:102px; opacity:.5; border-radius:2px; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; z-index:1; -webkit-transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s; transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s;">[[File:Wows_anno_flag_france.png|160px]]</div><div class="l-description-img_class"><span class="b-description-img_type b-description-img_type__Battleship b-description-img_type__Battleship-Tech Tree"></span><span class="b-description-img_class">VIII</span></div><div class="b-description-img_vehicle">[[File:Ship_PFSB108_Richelieu.png|160px|link=|left]]</div><div class="l-description-img_price"><span class="b-description-img_price b-description-img_price__gold"><span title="''{{#var:ship_name}}'' was first released for sale on DD Month YYYY.">10,500,000</span></span></div></div><p>[[Ship:{{#var:ship_name}}|{{#var:ship_name}}]] &mdash; France Tech Tree Tier&nbsp;VIII [[Ship:Battleship|Battleship]].</p><p>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.</p><p> </p></div>
One of the most successful and well-balanced "new generation" battleships in the world. The ship was equipped with 380 mm guns, had a high speed, strong armor and very good torpedo protection. The disadvantages of concentrating the ship's main guns on the bow were compensated by the favorable turret traverse angles.<!-- <br><br>{{Model3DViewer|7023bc0146be4c97a194a490c6f17628}}-->


|Performance=<!-- write text about performance in battles below -->
===Pros===
{{AA Sidebar Warning Insert}}
* High level of citadel protection
* Easy to shoot accurately at long ranges
* Engine Boost consumable available


Tier VIII's ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' possesses more than a passing similarity to Tier VI premium ''[[Dunkerque]]'', but provides greater flexibility. ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is one of the fastest battleships in the game, has good relative immunity to catastrophic damage due to her armor scheme and ability to angle well, and her anti-aircraft armament allows for greater independent operation than many of her same-tier counterparts.
===Cons===
* Small HP pool
* Low level of protection against HE shells


Captains will find ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' to be an excellent flanking ship even when there exists little support.  Even in Tier IX or X battles the basic fundamentals of the ship do not change, but simply require greater caution. With proper map awareness, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can remain a threat in nearly any battle. Players should actively seek opportunities to gain the flank of potential targets and use the superior speed of ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' to displace if subject to too much attention, taking advantage of the turret's wide rotation angle to kite away while still using 100% of the ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s firepower.


The main battery is a massive shift from ''[[Lyon]]''’s 16-gun broadside: ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s guns are mounted in an an all-forward super-firing configuration that allows 100% of her firepower to be deployed in any direction other than directly aft, allowing full effectiveness when bow-tanking as well as flexibility when on the move.  The shells are larger, heavier, and faster; this makes it easier to lead and penetrate targets at range, though against cruisers the penetration can be often be excessive, resulting in low-damage over-penetrations.  The accuracy of her main battery is somewhat questionable, which is not helped by having only half the number of barrels as her predecessor.
==Ship Stats==
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Hull Information</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Richelieu (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Richelieu (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 54500 || style="color:inherit;" | 63700
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
</div>


Similar to her slightly smaller Tier VI cousin, ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s armor scheme encourages captains to keep her bow pointed at the enemy.  Her citadel extends above the waterline and she has quite a bit of freeboard; ships that get a free shot at her broadside with armor-piercing rounds are all but guaranteed to do extreme damage.  Fortunately, ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s anti-aircraft defenses are stronger than most of her French contemporaries: Hull (B) represents her summer 1943 refit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and packs on copious quantities of the 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikon cannons favored by Allied navies of the era.  The end result is that her long-range AA bubble remains far weaker than her American and British counterparts, but her mid- and short-range bubbles are essentially equivalent in power. 
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | —
|}
</div>


Though the play style demanded by her unique turret arrangement is different from the other ships in the French battleship branch, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' combines speed, above-average AA, and hard-hitting guns into a comfortable-to-conn package that will remind players strongly of a better ''Dunkerque''.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Richelieu (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Richelieu (B)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 32.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 32.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 850 || style="color:inherit;" | 850
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 28.1 || style="color:inherit;" | 20.1
|}
</div>


|Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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* All-forward main armament provides excellent angling potential.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
* Superb medium and close range AA suite.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Richelieu (A) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | Richelieu (B)
* High penetration and fast shell travel times.
|-
* When Sierra Mike ({{Sierra Mike|Size=18px}}) is equipped and with {{Engine Boost}} active, becomes one of the fastest battleships in the game.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 16.24 || style="color:inherit;" | 16.24
* Well protected citadel.
|-
* Good maneuverability.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
* Superb main battery range.
|-
* Turret traverse is better than ''Lyon''
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 15.42
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0 || style="color:inherit;" | 10.0
|}
</div>


|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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* Poor aft coverage for main armament.
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Main Battery</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div><div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
* Poor forward coverage for secondary armament.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
* Poor concealment compared to same-tier counterparts.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MAIN BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | PCA n° 8 Mle 1 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | PCA n° 8 Mle 2
* Turrets tend to get incapacitated and/or destroyed often, with catastrophic consequences since losing one turret means losing 1/2 of the firepower.
|-
* Most of the AAs are open mounted, easy to lose them under HE fire
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 2×4 380mm
* Questionable dispersion.
|-
* Extensive coverage of Tier VIII common plate (32mm) means high vulnerability to 150mm and larger high explosive shells.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Firing range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 22.97 || style="color:inherit;" | 25.27
* Other Tier VIII battleships with 15-inch guns sport no more than 26 second reload; ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is stuck with a 30 second reload as the price for her turret arrangement allowing her to keep all her firepower on target and still present a small profile to enemies. 
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 30.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || colspan="2" style="color:inherit;" | 36.0
|}
</div>


|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
Availability of researchable upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is as follows:  
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
* '''Hull:'''  Upgrade to Hull (B) for significant increases in health, anti-aircraft firepower, and rudder traverse time. Research of this module unlocks progression to ''[[Alsace]]''.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DISPERSION !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* '''Gun Fire Control System:'''  Upgrade to PCA n° 8 Mle 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery.
|-
* '''Propulsion:'''  Upgrading this module adds an additional 1.5 knots of top speed.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion type || style="color:inherit;" | French/Italian BB dispersion
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion formula || style="color:inherit;" | Dispersion (m) = 9.8 × range(km) + 66
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Sigma || style="color:inherit;" | 1.8
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum dispersion (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 291
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 5 km || style="color:inherit;" | 115
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 10 km || style="color:inherit;" | 164
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 15 km || style="color:inherit;" | 213
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 20 km || style="color:inherit;" | 262
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 22.97 km || style="color:inherit;" | 291
|}
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Given her excellent main battery range, players will likely want to prioritize ''{{#var:ship_name}}''’s Hull (B) upgrade for increased AA defenses and greater maneuverability followed by the Engine upgrade for her excellent speed. Her Fire Control System upgrade is neither particularly necessary or even needed.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HE SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 380 mm HE OEA Mle 1945
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 5400
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 36.0%
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 830
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 884
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 63
|}
</div>


|OptimalConfiguration=<!-- write some general text about selection of optimal configuration below (optional)-->
''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is best configured to augment her main battery and AA suite, with any remaining slots dedicated to concealment and damage control.


|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below, add * after upgrade link to designate that another upgrade may be viable -->
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The recommended upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' are as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
* '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AP SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}}
|-
* '''Slot 3''': {{Aiming Systems Modification 1}}
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 380 mm AP OPfK Mle 1943
* '''Slot 4''': {{Damage Control System Modification 2}}
|-
* '''Slot 5''': {{Concealment System Modification 1}}  
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 11900
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 830
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 885
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fuse time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.033
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Ricochet start (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 45
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Always ricochet (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 60
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Normalisation (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arming threshold (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 63
|}
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Secondary Battery</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Secondary battery range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 7.6
|}
</div>


|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->
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The following are recommended commander skills for ''{{#var:ship_name}}''.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell type || style="color:inherit;" | HE
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 2x100mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 15.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 1400
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 780
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 17
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 6.0%
|}
</div>


{{Commander Skills 3 BB
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| rating11 = <!-- Gun Feeder -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
| rating12 = <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY ARMAMENT 2 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating13 = 2 <!-- Consumables Specialist -->
|-
| rating14 = <!-- Emergency Repair Specialist -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell type || style="color:inherit;" | HE
| rating15 = <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
|-
| rating16 = 2 <!-- Preventive Maintenance -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 3.0x152mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 5.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 2200
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 870
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 25
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 12.0%
|}
</div>


| rating21 =  <!-- Grease the Gears -->
| rating22 =  <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
| rating23 =  <!-- Consumables Enhancements -->
| rating24 =  <!-- Vigilance -->
| rating25 =  <!-- Priority Target -->
| rating26 = 2 <!-- AA Gunner -->


| rating31 =  <!-- Super-Heavy AP Shells -->
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| rating32 = <!-- Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells -->
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Airstrike</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
| rating33 = 2 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
| rating34 = 2 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
| rating35 = <!-- Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection -->
| rating36 = 2 <!-- Expert AA Marksman -->


| rating41 = <!-- Dead Eye -->
<div style="border: 2px solid rgba(212,175,55,0.8); border-radius: 3px; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow: hidden;">
| rating42 = <!-- Improved Secondary Battery Aiming -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
| rating43 = <!-- Close Quarters Combat -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ASW AIRSTRIKE (DEPTH CHARGES) !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating44 = 2 <!-- Emergency Repair Expert -->
|-
| rating45 = <!-- Concealment Expert -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 10
| rating46 = 2 <!-- Fire Prevention Expert -->
|-
}}
| style="color:inherit;" | • Minimum range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 30.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Number of aircraft || style="color:inherit;" | 1
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Depth charges in payload || style="color:inherit;" | 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Damage || style="color:inherit;" | 4200
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Deployment || style="color:inherit;" | Manual
|}
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>AA Defense</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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'''Richelieu (A)'''


|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
''Richelieu'' can equip the following consumables:
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}}
|-
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Repair Party}}
| style="color:inherit;" | 152 mm + 100 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 3 × 3 + 6 × 2
* '''Slot 3:''' {{Engine Boost}}
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 40 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 14 × 2
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 20 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 48 × 1
|}


|Camouflage=<!-- write text about useful camouflage below -->
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
{{TT Ship Camo Insert|shiptier=8}}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Short-range || style="color:inherit;" | 357 || style="color:inherit;" | 70% || style="color:inherit;" | 2.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Mid-range || style="color:inherit;" | 273 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Long-range || style="color:inherit;" | 77 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 5.8
|}


|Signals=<!-- write text about best set of signals below -->
'''Damage by shell explosions'''
The following are recommended combat signals for ''{{#var:ship_name}}''.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | EXPLOSIONS / SALVO !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DAMAGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 4 || style="color:inherit;" | 950 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5–5.8
|}


{{Signal Flags
'''Richelieu (B)'''
| November Echo Setteseven = 2
| Mike Yankee Soxisix = 1
| India X-Ray = 1
| Juliet Whiskey Unaone =
| Victor Lima = 1
| Hotel Yankee = 1


| November Foxtrot = 2
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
| Sierra Mike = 2
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
| India Delta = 3
|-
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo = 2
| style="color:inherit;" | 152 mm + 100 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 3 × 3 + 6 × 2
| India Yankee = 3
|-
| Juliet Charlie = 1
| style="color:inherit;" | 40 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 14 × 4
 
|-
}}
| style="color:inherit;" | 20 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 48 × 1
|}


|Gallery=<!-- write below list of files with description (if necessary) separated with | --><gallery>
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
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===Construction===
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:Arsenal de Brest, Brest, France
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:Laid down: 22 October 1935
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:Launched: 17 January 1939
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:Commissioned: 15 June 1940
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===Specifications===
:35,000 tons displacement, standard
:247.9m length
:33m beam
:9.7m draft
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====Machinery====
:Six Indret Sural boilers, four Parsons geared turbines
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====Performance====
:32 knots at 155,000 shaft horsepower
:9,850 nm at 16 knots
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====Armor====
:Main belt: 330mm
:Torpedo bulkhead: 165mm
:Decks: 170mm-150mm
:Bulkheads: 355mm-150mm
:Barbettes and Turrets: 430mm-405mm
:Conning tower: 340mm
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====Armament====
=====Main=====
: Eight (2x4) 380mm/45 Mle 1935 guns
=====Secondary=====
:Nine (3x3) 152mm/55 Mle 1930 guns
:Twelve (6x2) 100mm/45 Mle 1933 DP guns
=====Anti-aircraft=====
:Fourty-eight (48x1) 20mm/70 Oerlikons AA guns
:Fifty-six (14x4) 40mm/56 Bofors AA guns
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===History===
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====Design====
The announcement by the Italian Press that two new 35,000 ton battleships would be ordered shattered the fragile balance of the naval arms race in Europe. The construction of ''[[Dunkerque]]'', although intended to counter the German Panzerschiffe, the new French capital ship outgunned and outclassed all of the older Italian capital ships. The Italians retaliated with the ''Littorio''-class, and the French needed a response.
Less than two weeks after the characteristics of the new Italian battleships were announced and only eight days after the order for ''Strasbourg'', ''[[Dunkerque]]''’s half-sister-ship, the defined characteristics were laid out for the new French battleships. They would displace 35,000 tons standard, have a main armament of eight or nine guns of the 380mm or 406mm caliber, be capable of a speed of 29.5-30 knots and be armored enough to resist 15” shells. It was envisaged that these new French battleships would be constructed in the same all-forward style as ''[[Dunkerque]]'', to speed up the planning and design of these new battleships and create homogenous combat groups, as well as saving weight that more turrets would add. Early calculations quickly established that 406mm guns simply wouldn’t fit the design – 380mm was judged the maximum that could be successfully accommodated in a quadruple turret, and alternative three-turret designs using 406mm guns all came out at well over 35,000 tons. Six preliminary designs were submitted for consideration, and Project 1 was accepted, as it was, simply, an up-scale of ''[[Dunkerque]]''.


An early concern with Project 1 was that her secondary armament of 20 130mm guns in five quadruple turrets were insufficient on a battleship of such a size; even the older ''[[Courbet]]'' and ''[[Bretagne]]'' classes had 138.6mm secondary batteries. A following request was made for studies of 152mm guns to investigate the number which could be accommodated and their proposed locations. Originally, the 152mm turrets would be complemented by six separate high-angle single 75mm guns for heavy AA purposes similar to the undertakings of the German and Italian navies, but such a plan would take Project 1, which was already 350 tons overweight, would only increase her tonnage. The 75mm guns were dropped, and instead the new 152mm turrets would have a dual-purpose function. To try and reduce weight to an acceptable 35,000 tons, new Sural boilers were accommodated into the design, which were substantially less wide than the boilers used in ''[[Dunkerque]]'' and ''Strasbourg'', and the wider 33m beam of Project 1 meant that three boilers could be accommodated side-by-side, reducing the necessary boiler rooms from three to two, shortening the armored citadel by 4.85m and substantially saving weight. Weight was further reduced by cutting down armor on several areas of the ship, notably the belt; which was reduced to 330mm, but the angle of inclination was increased by 4 degrees to compensate.  
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* '''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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With the secondary armament and weight issues resolved, the last major project was the anti-aircraft suite. The positioning of the five 152mm turrets made it difficult to arrange the 37mm AA guns, as both the existing Mle 1925 and projected Mle 1933 guns were in open mountings. This prompted the development for a new dual-mount 37mm weapon in a fully enclosed and automated mounting. While this 37mm/70 ACAD Mle 1935 gun turned out to be a very successful weapon, the complexity of the design meant that they would not be production-ready until 1940, so the inferior 37mm/50 Mle 1933 was used as a stop-gap. These six dual 37mm mountings were complimented by a set of eight quad 132mm/76 Mle 1929 AA guns. Finally, there was enough space on the stern quarterdeck for two aviation catapults, one positioned to starboard and the other to port, and the design could easily accommodate two aircraft in the hanger, one on each catapult, and a fifth atop the hanger.


The design was finalized, and two ships based on the Project 1 design were ordered and were subsequently named ''Richelieu'' and ''Jean Bart''. ''Richelieu'' and her sister were essentially an enlarged ''[[Dunkerque]]'' and ''Strasbourg''. Their hulls were virtually identical, with the 330mm quadruple turrets upgunned to 380mm in the same layout, and the 130mm dual-purpose quad/twin secondary turrets were replaced with 152mm DP guns all in triple turrets. The key difference was beneath the hood; ''Richelieu'' made use of the new and revolutionary Sural boilers, with six on-board separated into two boiler rooms with three boilers each. This allowed ''Richelieu'' to attain a greater speed of 32 knots than ''[[Dunkerque]]''’s 30 knots, despite the fact that Richelieu displaced 8,500 tons more, her boilers managed to attain 179,000 shaft horsepower on trials.
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''Richelieu'' was laid down at the Brest Navy Yard under the Arsenal de Brest shipyard at Brest, France, on the 22nd of October 1935. She was launched on the 17th of January 1939, and was commissioned into the Marine Nationale on the 15th of June 1940, a mere seven days before the signing of the French Armistice in World War Two.
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====Service====
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===Historical Inaccuracies===
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* Hull (A) depicts ''Richelieu'' as it was supposed to be built by the original design, equipped with five triple 152mm turrets, six semi-automatic coaxial 37mm ACAD guns, and eight quadruple mounts of 13mm machine guns. However, none of the AA refits ''Richelieu'' actually received from 1940 to 1942, when the ship was under Vichy control, appear in the game.
* The quadruple turrets mounted on the Richelieu were split into two internal compartments separated by a bulkhead, preventing the turrets from being totally incapacitated if a shell were to penetrate them. This doesn't work in the game, as a single shell will incapacitate the entire turret.
* The 37mm/70 ACAD Mle 1936 had numerous development problems, resulting in delays which led to its cancellation in 1940. Only one was mounted on the patrol sloop ''Amiens''. As a result, ''Richelieu'' was equipped with the 37 mm/50 Mle 1933 gun instead. In total there were eight twin mounts, of which none appear on either hull modules.
* ''Richelieu'''s August 1945 refit is also not represented. Nine 20mm Oerlikons were replaced by 11 single 40mm Bofors.
* In Spring 1945, ''Richelieu'''s Measure 32 camouflage was replaced with the British Standard Admiralty Scheme. This is currently missing.


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File:Richelieu-1.jpg|U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence line drawing of ''Richelieu''.
File:Richelieu-3.jpg|''Richelieu'' at Dakar, in 1941. There were three fire control directors atop the fore tower, and neutrality tricolor bands on Turret B.
File:HMS Hermes June 1940.jpg|HMS ''Hermes'', whose aircraft torpedoed ''Richelieu'' at Dakar on 7 July 1940, and in the background, HMS ''Dorsetshire''.
File:Richelieu Ney York.jpg|''Richelieu'' arrives in New York with her damaged turret. The uppermost fire control director on the fore tower had to be dismantled for her to pass under the Brooklyn Bridge to the New York Navy Yard.
File:Richelieu 1943.jpg|''Richelieu'' in September 1943, after refit. Aircraft equipment has been removed from the aft deck and replaced with anti-aircraft artillery.
File:Richelieu from Saratoga May 1944.jpg|''Richelieu'' in the Indian Ocean on 18 May 1944.  Photo taken from aboard USS ''Saratoga'', which was leaving the Eastern Fleet to return to the Pacific Ocean.
File:Canon Richelieu Brest.jpg|One of the two remaining 380 mm guns of ''Richelieu'', by the Penfeld river in Brest.
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# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Richelieu French battleship ''Richelieu'' - Wikipedia]
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richelieu-class_battleship ''Richelieu''-class battleship - Wikipedia]
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{{WoWS Ship Changelog Insert|1=
{{WoWS Ship Testing Changes Insert|1=
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**Preliminary characteristics.
*<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.facebook.com/wowsdevblog/posts/pfbid02thKqFxaF3JNfzuG1N9UBMP1wivyKei1mNmARiwwWFwDgDuN27e4TrqaXKZBJyqU8l November 22, 2017]</span>:
**Torpedo damage reduction increased from 19% to 32%.
*<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.facebook.com/wowsdevblog/posts/pfbid0JbK5wE5G17mR5bhqM7NbGcppe5NTaWjmyzUY5NjvjrDn4DmNrJYtRpLbYYZrdQg1l December 12, 2017]</span>:
**Torpedo damage reduction increased from 31.82% to 34.24%.
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**Secondary battery firing range was increased from 5 to 7 km.
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*Available for testing by supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.6.14.
*Update 0.7.2:
**Introduced into the game as a researchable ship.
*Update 0.7.3:
**The "Engine Boost Modification 1" upgrade became available to slot.
*Update 0.7.7:
**Minor fixes to geometry and textures on the ship and camouflage.
*Update 0.8.5:
**Credit earnings decreased by 5%.
**Experience earnings decreased by 5%.
*Update 0.9.5:
**Small changes to geometry and textures.
*Update 0.9.7:
**Hull A: the positions of the "Engine Boost" and "Spotting Aircraft / Fighter" consumables were swapped.
*Update 0.9.10:
**The distribution of HP in the hull was slightly updated.
*Update 0.10.0:
**The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 7.6 km.
*Update 0.11.6:
**Minor fixes to the model and textures of the ship.
*Update 0.11.9:
**Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the King of Primitives permanent camouflage.
*Update 12.2:
**Improved the geometry and textures of the ship.
*Update 12.4:
**The stock hull has been replaced with a new one, created on the basis of the researchable hull with a changed composition for the AA guns. Thus, when the new hull A is installed, the ship can't use the Fighter and Spotting Aircraft consumables.
***New characteristics of Richelieu's AA A hull:
****Composition: 48х1 20 mm, 14x2 40 mm, 6х2 100 mm.
****Short-range AA guns: Permanent damage per second— 357; hit probability—70%; range—2.0 km.
****Mid-range AA guns: Permanent damage per second— 273; hit probability—75%; range—3.5 km.
****Long-range AA guns: Permanent damage per second— 77; hit probability—75%; range—5.8 km.
****The radius of an area within which AA explosions can appear—3.5–5.8 km; the number of explosions in a salvo—4; damage within the explosion radius of shells—1,330.
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VIII
10,500,000

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

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Airstrike

AA Defense


Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Main Armaments Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Damage Control Party Modification 1
 Slot 2 
 Damage Control System Modification 1
 Engine Boost Modification 1
 Engine Room Protection
 Slot 3 
 Main Battery Modification 2
 Secondary Battery Modification 1
 AA Guns Modification 1
 Aiming Systems Modification 1
 Slot 4 
 Damage Control System Modification 2
 Propulsion Modification 1
 Steering Gears Modification 1
 Airstrike Modification 1
 Slot 5 
 Torpedo Lookout System
 Concealment System Modification 1
 Ship Consumable Modification 1


Consumables


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