Lyon-Class Battleship

The Lyon class was a French battleship proposal developed before the First World War as a further step beyond the Normandie program. Its projected heavy gun battery and protective arrangements reflected the rapidly escalating competition in dreadnought design. The war redirected French industrial effort toward immediate army needs, and the ships were never laid down. They consequently had no operational air defenses, refits, battles, or sinking histories. Their value as a historical subject lies in prewar planning and unrealized fleet expansion rather than completed naval service. Their intended place in a future fleet depended on completing earlier programs as well. Wartime interruption broke that planned sequence before the drawings could become an operational line of battle.

Finish and color

Supplied unpainted and printed in the selected color. Choose from the available product color options.

Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in Global War 1914, Global Empires, and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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