The French decision to lay down Richelieu in 1935 put the country in violation of the Washington Treaty, which was to expire on 31 December 1936, as the combined tonnage of the two Dunkerques and Richelieu exceeded the 70,000 long tons that had been allotted to France during the moratorium on new battleship construction. The main section of the hull was built on the slipway, while a length of the bow and a length of her stern were built elsewhere and attached after the rest of the ship was launched on the 17th January 1939. The slipway was not long enough to accommodate the entire length of the new battleship, and so the hull had to be built in pieces. The ship was laid down on 22 October 1935 in the dock that had recently built Dunkerque. French Battleship Richelieu & Her World War 2 Military Career
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