French ship Royal Louis (1759)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Royal Louis.
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.
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Model of the fictitious ship Sans-Pareil that defined the type of Royal Louis | |
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[lower-alpha 1] |
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 |
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