The French were planning an enlarged class of the Richelieu to be constructed starting in 1942, but France fell to Germany in 1940. The third design that was proposed was a ship of around 45,000 tons mounting three quad turrets of 15" gun size (actually 14.96" or 380mm, but I rounded up). Just look at a Richelieu, stretch it out and add another 4 x 15" aft turret. Speed was to be about 30 knots, with four 3 x 6" secondary guns. There were four named ships, with a possible total of six in the class. Who really knows for sure, as it never was to be. The names of the ships were the Alsace, Normandie, Flandre, and Bourgogne. I made these models up over 20 years ago for myself, but don't know if the ship is available from any of the various miniatures suppliers. These are made to be 1/2400 scale. Most of my model collection is focused on the Pacific Theater, made up of USN and Imperial Japan's naval assets.

