I went both lines, I reccomend you do the same to see what ships suit you.

From personal experience: Courbet eat blitz alive, but is not very good for GB. Bretagne is one of the best bb1 for GB, can get 200k games with that.

Didn't like the snail Lyon myself (though others do), but liked the Normandie for its small size. Le havre is obviously a nice EBB to use at some point, also cause the Strasbourg is not very good at lvl. Richelieu can be fun if you can use it, and then ur already at the awesome Alsace.

i went both lines to but nation change my bretagne bo to UK from the (i regretted it but its already driving a lion2 :D )...

normandie is kinda fun in sneaking blind enemy :) 

OK will take Le Havre EBB.

Remodel BB(Lorraine/Paris) any good or just skip these 2?

The only one I really recommend skipping is the Strasbourg. By the time the ship is useable, you have the Rich, which is basically the same ship, but faster and with longer range. All the others can be fun to use, even at level.

2 people not recommend Stras for lving or with at level crew, I'll skip it.

Tried Courbet several times in Blitz, right, its fun and powerfull small BB.

Here's my crew so far, BO lv 57 and 58, 2 main gunner lv58, 2 reload gunner lv65, 5 engys lv58-62, 3 reps lv58-62, 1 scout lv61.

Reporting progress.

My 2 BO's now 80, gunners at 89, support at 85.

Le Havre is fabulous ship at lv. Running 40 knots OH setup with HH. The quad spread is terrible but 16 shells compensate it.

I was curious and tried StrasBourg few games, I can work with 37 knots OH, but the spread is frustating. Gonna leave it and back to Le Havre I guess.

Have read this thread a few times and finally have given it some thought. It's my 6th BB line and I've grinded every one from lvl 1 - 120 without premium. I say this because there is no better way to learn a ship than to play each and every one of them for an extended time. Problem is presently it is near impossible to stay on one ship for the first 61 lvls to even remember what they were good for. 

I always frowned upon blaming the new players for terrible bb or cv play because I felt it was because they were just learning or new to the game. I've come to realise through the community and in game play that the problem lies not within the "noobs" who have so shockingly committed their time to playing such a game full of problems, but the learning curve itself.

My suggestion to all new players and maybe some old ones. Start with 2 Bridge Operators and lvl a full crew for your future BB6(until around lvl 80). Do it at least once to experience the true navyfield experience. Yea we can all go back and play that old bb with our 120 crews but there's nothing like sinking that purple ribbon bb with your ribbonless bb with at level crew.

Kogard, I am looking forward to using the le Harvre. Still only lvl 54 and 56. 

Sorry for the rant but hope it helps some.

Austin 

Been a while...

Summary on Richelieu (89) and Clemenceau (96);

They both similiar like H41/H39 in KM. Richelieu can hold more bulge as my support grow, Clemenceau rather limited. But Clemenceau offers 1 more support slot. Both ships best to use AA for T slot + HH for rear R guns, racking up atk on SS and credits from planes is always nice. AP dmg on AW ships is rather low (or maybe aim is bad). Only 4 scouts planes (lv90), need to be managed or run out easily. 

Summary on Alsace (103);

With 4x108 engys I can only run 40knot OH, if I run 42 I'll die easily from torps coz I can only fit 4 bulge. Nice T slots for AA (lv 33 duals). Short range but deadly salvo, AP dmg is okay on AW. Rather low OH time even I put 5 engys on it, need to be better managing OH time. Never run out scout with lv 90 scout plane.