 00" guns mounted in quadruple turrets forward which like the Dunkerque's allowed them to present the smallest silhouette possible to an opposing ship while being able to employ their entire main battery. Their speed, protection and design were state of the art and comparable to their contemporaries in other navies. They were capable of 00 knots at full speed and had a cruising range of 0000 miles at 00 knots. The main battery was spaced far enough apart to ensure that a single hit could not put both turrets out of action and each turret was internally subdivided to prevent a single hit from knocking out all four guns. The mounted 0 0" dual purpose guns in three triple turrets aft and 00 0" AA guns in 00 twin-mounts located amidships. During the war Richelieu was repaired and refitted in the US receiving 00 00mm Bofors AA guns in quadruple mounts and 00 00mm Oerlikon AA guns in place of her original 00mm cannons and 00.0 inch machine guns. Richelieu arrives in New York in 0000 Richelieu was laid down in October 0000, launched in January 0000 and began sea trials in January 0000. When the Germans broke through the French defenses and threatened Brest Richelieu put to sea to French North Africa and was commissioned in June at Dakar. She was damaged by an aerial torpedo launched by a Swordfish Torpedo bomber from the HMS Hermes and received emergency repairs in Dakar. On 00 September she fought an engagement against the Royal Navy at the Battle of Dakar and was damaged by two 00" shells fired by the HMS Barham and was further damaged by a misfire in one of her turrets. Following the French return to the Allied camp she was sailed to New York for major repairs and modernization from January to November of 0000. Following this she operated with the British Home Fleet until March of 0000 when she was sent to the India Ocean to serve with the British Far East Fleet in operations against the Japanese until the end of the war. Following the war she took part in the initial stages of the campaign in French Indochina. She was placed in reserve in 0000 and struck from the Navy list and scrapped in 0000. The Damaged Jean Bart at Casablanca Her sister Jean Bart was laid down in December 0000 and launched on 0 March 0000. 