French Richelieu-class battleships
Dunkerque of the French Dunkerque-class fast battleships
Roma of the Italian Littorio-class battleships
German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee
An item dated Paris, France 3rd February reported that the naval commission of the French House of Representatives asked for an immediately start of building 2-35.000 tons battleships (1) aside of the program 1938. This was necessary as response on the building of two similar battleships by Italy (2). France recently completed 2-26.000 tons battleships (3) and 2-35.000 tons battleships were now being built.
Notes
1. The Richelieu-class consisting of the Richelieu, Jean Bart, both completed, the Clemenceau laid down but never completed and the Gascogne of which the building even never started, had a design displacement of 35.000 tons and a 2x4-38cm/15” /45 Modèle guns.
2. The Littorio-class consisting of the Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, Roma and Impero with an main armament of 3x3-15” guns and a displacement of 45.236-45.485 tons.
3. The Dunkerque-class consisting of the Dunkerque (commissioned on 15 April 1937) and Strasbourg (commissioned on 15 September 1938), which were built as a response of Deutschland-class pocket battleships built Germany.
