French ship Royal Louis (1743)
 Decorations of Royal Louis
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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Namesake | Louis of France |
| Builder | Brest Dockyard |
| Laid down | 13 March 1740 |
| Launched | (not launched) |
| Fate | Burnt on slip |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | First Rank ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 3,000 |
| Displacement | 4,834 |
| Length | 185 French feet |
| Beam | 50 French feet 8 inches |
| Draught | 23¼ - 24¾ French feet (estimated)[a] |
| Depth of hold | 22 French feet 2 inches |
| Decks | 3 gun decks |
| Complement | 1,200 (intended, wartime) + 18 officers |
| Armament |
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| Armour | timber |
Royal Louis was a First Rank ship of the line of the French Royal Navy, but was never completed. Launch was scheduled to be in 1743, but on 25 December 1742 she was set alight while still on the stocks, and burnt. It was claimed that this was an act of sabotage by a Señor Pontleau, who was tried and executed for the offence.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The French pre-metric foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent English foot.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Old Ship Figure-Heads and Sterns, L. G. Carr Laughton, 2001, p121.
References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 223. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Nomenclature des navires français de 1715 á 1774. Alain Demerliac (Editions Omega, Nice – 1995). ISBN 2-906381-19-5.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2017) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
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