French ship Royal Louis (1759)
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Model of the fictitious ship Sans-Pareil that defined the type of Royal Louis
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History | |
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France | |
Namesake | Louis XV of France |
Ordered | 29 May 1757 |
Builder | Brest Dockyard |
Laid down | June 1757 |
Launched | May 1759 |
Completed | July 1762 |
Stricken | 1772 |
Fate | Broken up in 1773 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | First Rank ship of the line |
Tonnage | 3,000 |
Displacement | 4,732 |
Length | 190 French feet[a] |
Beam | 51½ French feet (16.73 m) |
Draught | 25 French feet 8 inches |
Depth of hold | 24½ French feet |
Decks | 3 gun decks |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 1,320, + 18 officers |
Armament |
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Armour | timber |
The Royal Louis was a 116-gun ship of the line of the Royal French Navy, designed in 1757 by Jacques-Luc Coulomb and constructed in 1757 to 1762 by Laurent Coulomb at Brest Dockyard. She was the fourth ship to bear the name, and the only ship of the Sans-Pareil design ever built.
History
[edit]In August 1771, when in dry dock, she was found to have deteriorated beyond repair and was eventually demolished in 1773, without having seen any service.
Legacy
[edit]A 1/18 scale model on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, MnM 13 MG 32, is thought to represent Royal Louis.
Notes
[edit]- ^ The French (pre-metric) foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent British foot.
References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. JMR. Jean-Michel Roche. 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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