Victory at Sea: Richelieu

What is Victory at Sea: Richelieu

There were to have been four ships of the Richelieu-class, with the first two laid down in 1935 and the second pair following in 1935.

Gascogne was cancelled and Clemenceau never completed. The last ship followed a modified design which placed one of the turrets aft of the superstructure – the original design had both main armament turrets forward, much like the Dunkerque-class.

Designed as a counter to the powerful Italian battleships being built, the Richelieu was protected against 15-inch shells and mounted eight 15-inch guns of its own, on what started as a 35,000-ton hull. Neither ship of the class was quite finished at the time of the French surrender.

Richelieu, which was almost complete, escaped to Dakar in order to keep here under French control. She came under repeated British attacks that were intended to compel the battleship to join the Free French Naval forces or sink her, thus denying the Axis opportunity to deploy the Richelieu for their own means.

Game details

Players

2

Age

+10

Duration

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Difficulty

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Type

Expansion

Year

2021

Mechanics

Simulation

Categories

Expansion for Base-game · Miniatures · Nautical

Designer

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Publisher

Warlord Games