Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 25 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier VIII
Battleship
France
Richelieu
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.
- Credits
- 10,500,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 54,500
- Maximum speed
- 30.4 knots
- Surface detection
- 16.2 km
- Main battery range
- 23.0 km
- Main battery reload
- 30.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 30.4 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 850 m
- Rudder shift time
- 21.5 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 16.2 km
- Air detection
- 10.0 km
- Submarine detection
- 10.0 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 54,500
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 35 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 19–430 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 23.0 km
- Reload time
- 30.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 2.0 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 36.0 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 291 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
380 mm HE OEA Mle 1945
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 5,400
- Fire chance
- 36.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 830 m/s
- Shell mass
- 884 kg
380 mm AP OPfK Mle 1943
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 11,900
- Muzzle velocity
- 830 m/s
- Shell mass
- 885 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 380 mm/45 Mle 1935 in a turret
- Mounts
- 2
- Barrels each
- 4
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 7.6 km
- Mount
- 152 mm HE OEA Mle 1937
- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,200
- Fire chance
- 12.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 5.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 870 m/s
- Mount
- 100 mm HE OEA Mle 1928
- Maximum damage per hit
- 1,400
- Fire chance
- 6.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 15.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 780 m/s
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 20 mm Oerlikon on a Mk.4 mount
- Calibre
- 20 mm
- Mounts
- 48
- Aura
- 40 mm Bofors on a Mk.1 mount
- Calibre
- 40 mm
- Mounts
- 14
- Aura
- 100 mm/45 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1931 mount
- Calibre
- 100 mm
- Mounts
- 6
- Aura
- 152 mm/55 Mle 1930 on an Mle 1936 mount
- Calibre
- 152 mm
- Mounts
- 3
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 54,500
- Main-battery barrels
- 2
- Secondary barrels
- 9
- AA mounts
- 71
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 30.4 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
PCA n° 8 Mle 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 640,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
PCA n° 8 Mle 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 22,500 XP
- Purchase
- 1,300,000 credits
Propulsion: 140,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 440,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Propulsion: 155,000 hp
- Type
- Engine
- Research
- 12,500 XP
- Purchase
- 900,000 credits
Richelieu (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 1,100,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Richelieu (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 39,000 XP
- Purchase
- 2,300,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
380 mm/45 Mle 1935 in a turret
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 1,300,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Propulsion Modification 1
ModernizationReduces time to full speed
- Credits
- 1,000,000
Concealment System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 2,000,000
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Aiming Systems Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Torpedo Lookout System
Modernization- Credits
- 2,000,000
Main Battery Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Steering Gears Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Secondary Battery Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
AA Guns Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Alsace
- Research cost
- 190,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 12
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 5
- Published battle levels
- 8–10
Cross-nation comparison
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