Richelieu (1873)
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| Career (France) |  |
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| Namesake: | Cardinal de Richelieu |
| Builder: | Toulon shipyard |
| Laid down: | 1869 |
| Launched: | 3 December 1873 |
| Commissioned: | 1876 |
| Decommissioned: | 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ironclad |
| Displacement: | 9000 tonnes |
| Speed: | 13 kts |
| Armament: |
6 × 270 mm |
Richelieu was a central battery ironclad battleship of the French Navy, launched in December 1873. She was named after the seventeenth century statesman Cardinal de Richelieu.
She was sold in 1901 and later sank in the Bay of Biscay.
