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Sunday, 13 November 2016

Secondary armament of French Richelieu-class battleship changed according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 5


An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated June 1938 reporting that the new French battleships Jean Bart and Richelieu were not to be armed with 16-13cm guns and 8-3.7cm anti aircraft guns but with 15-15,2cm guns and 12-10cm anti aircraft guns.(1)

Note
1. The Richelieu-class consisting of the Richelieu, Gascogne, Jean Bart and Clemenceau, preceded by the Dunkerque-class and succeeded by the never realized Alsace-class.