The quad turret was also featured on nearly all the French battleship projects in the 1920s. The "all forward" main battery arrangement was influenced by pre-1921 British battlecruiser projects and the Nelson-class battleships. The quadruple turret had first been proposed for France's last pre-World War I battleship projects, the Normandie and Lyon-class battleships. Her general layout, with two four-gun turrets forward, originated with the Dunkerque battleship class. Jean Bart was intended to be the exact sister ship of Richelieu, with the same 35,000-long-ton (35,562 t) tons standard displacement, same hull dimensions (length : 247.85 m (813 ft), beam : 33.00 m (108 ft), draught : 9.22 m (30.2 ft)), same armament, protection, and propulsion. When Germany laid down the two Bismarck-class battleships in November 1935 and June 1936, France ordered the second Richelieu, Jean Bart. The Richelieu class was designed in response to the Italian Littorio-class battleships laid down in 1934, with Richelieu being laid down in 1935. 20 × 20 mm ( 0.79 in)/70 Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns in single mountings.
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