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Read Book the Battleship Richelieu: No. 17 Pdf Free Download THE BATTLESHIP RICHELIEU: NO. 17 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Andrzej Sobucki,Miroslaw Skwiot | 80 pages | 28 Feb 2013 | Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza | 9788362878420 | English | Lublin, Poland Battleship Richelieu - Vyhledávání na Richelieu was completed just before the fall of France after rushing her construction, this led to a variety of problems throughout her service since she was not able to go through much testing. Richelieu took a key part in the Battle of Dakar against the Royal Navy, firing her main and secondary guns at the British ships. However, due to damage and her ongoing issues, Richelieu was sent to New York City for a complete refit that took most of to complete. After her refit, Richelieu went on to serve in the North Atlantic and the Pacific throughout and She also participated in the opening of the First Indochina war immediately after the Second World War ended. What do you think about the story of this battleship? Jump to. Sections of this page. Accessibility Help. Email or Phone Password Forgot account? Sign Up. See more of World of Warships: Legends on Facebook. Log In. Forgot account? Not Now. Related Pages. World of Warships. World of Warships Blitz. World of Tanks Console. World of Tanks Blitz. War Thunder. NET Game Publisher. With occasional addenda on Richelieu's original configuration, most detail the warship's US refit. Make this superb handbook your detail reference--Cybermodeler. To get the free app, enter mobile phone number. See all free Kindle reading apps. Tell the Publisher! I'd like to read this book on Kindle Don't have a Kindle? Customer reviews. How are ratings calculated? Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Review this product Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a product review. Top reviews Most recent Top reviews. Top reviews from India. There are 0 reviews and 0 ratings from India. Top reviews from other countries. Translate all reviews to English. Verified Purchase. I don't know what happened with this Richlieu book. Normally the drawings in this series are really excellent but this one falls far below parr. I purchased the Graf Spee book at the same time and the quality of the illustrations are far superior being clear and bright and very lifelike. The Richlieu drawings are dull and drab, lack contrast and shading and are far inferior to other books in the series and it is the lack of contrast that causes this loss of detail. I note that the team who did this edition Richlieu did not have Stefan Draminski in it, Is this significant? The book is OK but only rates a thee out of five. I hope the new Hood book due out very soon is not like this. Ideal for model makers and naval enthusiasts who want to see all the details of a specific ship. It must have taken a huge amonut of research. Highly recommended. Report abuse. Translate review to English. The 17th book No. For reasons known only to the publishers the card covers are included in the page numbering. There is also an unbound foldout so make sure it is included if buying second hand. This is the first French ship to appear in this series. Although it is a capital ship of the World War II era which seems to dominate this series the Richelieu had a number of design features of great interest not seen in other ships. The two quadruple turrets mounted forward is the most obvious feature. There are also the co-axial multiple directors 3 originally but 2 as depicted mounted at the top of the tower foremast. Then there is the interesting combined funnel and main mast which reminds one of the later "macks" combined mast and stack that appeared on some postwar US ships. The book has a 5 page design, description, and service history which can only be considered barely adequate. Berliner Zinnfiguren | Sobucki, A./Skwiot, M.: The Battleship Richelieu | purchase online It occurs to me ,that a major hit in the general area of her main turrets , could be catastrophic , whereas Roma's more conventional main battery layout would allow her to "punch on " so to speak. Having said that , they were both beautiful looking ships , but it's ROMA for me , by a nose. The "all forward" main battery arrangement is an attempt to maximize armor thickness by reducing the waterline length that needs to be armored. You can have thicker armor while keeping the total weight the same. This was the philosophy behind the Nelsons , which was reinforced by the 35, ton treaty limit on displacement, though the abortive N3 and G3 ships had a similar arrangement, again, for armoring reasons. One serious problem was that it caused difficulties in placing AA guns. The traditional layout allows the AA batteries to be concentrated in the middle of the ship, giving all around firing arcs, without disruption from the massive blast from the main battery. AlpinLuke Forum Staff. Oct 30, Italy, Lago Maggiore. As for I know, Rome battleship had also a little advantage about armaments. Top Bottom. Superior design Bismarck or Yamato class battleships. Aug 8, Are Fighter Jets the "battleships" of the s? May 31, Apr 18, Richelieu class battleship. She was placed in reserve in One of her guns is currently on display in the harbor of Brest. Did you enjoy this article? Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Thank you. RSS Feeds. Show older comments. All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB. Please refrain from using strong language. HTML tags are not allowed. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. All comment submissions will become the property of WW2DB. The goal of this site is two fold. First, it is aiming to offer interesting and useful information about WW2. Second, it is to showcase Lava's technical capabilities. World War II Database. She joined the Allied cause in and sailed to the USA for completion in Richelieu served in the British Home fleet during before being transferred to the British Pacific Fleet in where she served until the end of the war. Front and rear deck view of the Richelieu after her New York refit. So she left Brest naval Yard before the German advance, with just a small provision of shells for her artillery, just enough fuel oil to reach Dakar and a skeletic crew. After a true odyssey she reached the African west coast city on June 23 in with her escort of destroyers. After returning to Casablanca at the time of the armistice, the ship want back to Dakar, by then making allegiance to the Vichy regime. During the Operation Catapult in July, after an ultimatum was issued by HMS Hermes, a squad of Royal Marine Commandos in a fast motor boat tried to damage the ship with depht charges, but failed, prompting the release of Fairey Swordfish torpedo planes to finish off the job. After some rough repairs and the water pumped, the ship was towed to a remote part of Dakar harbor. She was later joined by the cruisers Georges Leygues and Montcalm. Their hope was to make capitulate the French ubwilling to fire on their own, and make these ship transferred to the Free French Navy. But it was another failure, the Vichy French garrison stubbornly resisting. In the course of , the Richelieu was completely repaired and her fitting-outs completed. In particular, she received additional AAA. She was fitted with a radar and her naval aviation Loire seaplanes was disposed, as well as hangars, catapults and equipment completely removed to free the rear deck for more AAA. Battleship Richelieu in — Official U. Navy photograph after refit. She came under a massive re-equipment to American standards, completed in October She received among others no less than 48 single mounts of 20 mm and 14 quadruple 40 mm mounts. She participated in convoy escort missions, including to Murmansk. In March , the French battleship was back again in Trincomanlee, participating in a second operation against Sabang and the Nicobar islands with the Task Force After a some refittings in Durban, she set sail to Diego-Suarez, anchored there only to hear the announcement of the Japanese surrender. She then participated in the liberation of Singapore. A magnetic mine damaged her in the Strait of Malacca. After repairs in Singapore, she sailed back to Toulon to carry troops including marines to Indochina. Back in France , she spent the rest of her life in squadron exercises, notably with the Jean Bart, her sister-ship finally freshly completed in She was party refitted on this occasion, receiving new radars, new fire control systems, and modernized mm mounts. Then she was placed in reserve in Brest in , and stricken from the list in Under the name Q, she was sent to Genoa to be broken up, although one of her salvaged guns is still visible nowadays on the Penfeld in Brest NW France. How fared the Richelieu compared to ther BBs? It shows the Richelieu in the middle, equal globally to the Bismarck on general rank and in several areas. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo. Second battleship of this class Richelieu, the unfortunate ship named after a famous Dunkirk corsair was launched March 6, Although work advanced well she was far from completed in June. She was followed by a freighter carrying the second turret on board and all the remaining equipments, but the ship was sunk by a U-Boote en route.
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