The Richelieu class were fast battleships built for the French Navy between the 1930s and 1950s. Initially two ships were ordered in 1935 in response to Italian orders for the Littorio-class battleships the previous year.

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Clemenceau (French pronunciation:) was the French Navy's sixth aircraft carrier and the lead ship of her class. The carrier served from 1961 to 1997 and was dismantled and recycled in 2009.

The Richelieu-class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy, staying in service into the 1960s. They still remain to this day the largest warships ever built by France. Designed in the 1930s to counter the threat of the Italian Vittorio Veneto-class battleships, the...

2018年2月28日 · Clemenceau was laid down at Arsenal de Brest on 17 January 1939 and her hulk sunk in air attack, 27 August 1944. The Gascogne (after the Gascony region) was to be started at Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire but was cancelled due to German Invasion.

Richelieu and Jean Bart were built under the 1935 programme, third ship of class, Clemenceau, under the 1938 programme. They to a certain extent became development of Dunkerque and were the last and, probably, most perfect of "Washington" battleships.

2018年11月9日 · Richelieu became the lead ship of the class and was followed by the Jean Bart. Two others - though never completed - were to be known as the Clemenceau and the Gascogne.

On 23 September 1940 free French forces attempted to persuade the authorities in Dakar to abandon their allegiance to the Vichy government, without success, and the Richelieu was then fired on by British battleships.

Richelieu-class consisted of the Richelieu, Gascogne, Jean Bart and Clemenceau, preceded by the Dunkerque-class and succeeded by the never realized Alsace-class. Designed as an answer on the Italian Vittorio Veneto-class battleships (1) while Italy and not Germany was the main threat for France regarded the supremacy in the Mediterranean.

2024年10月21日 · Clemenceau was laid down at Arsenal de Brest on 17 January 1939 and her hulk sunk in air attack, 27 August 1944. The Gascogne (after the Gascony region) was to be started at Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire but was cancelled due to German Invasion.