French ship Soleil Royal (1669)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Soleil-Royal.
Soleil Royal (Royal Sun) was a French 104-gun ship of the line, flagship of Admiral Tourville.
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Drawing of Soleil Royal by Antoine Morel-Fatio | |
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Kingdom of France | |
Laid down | December 1668 |
Launched | 13 December 1669 |
Completed | August 1670 |
Commissioned | 1671 (?) |
Out of service | night of 2 and 3 June 1692 |
Fate | Destroyed by fireships |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,630 tonnes |
Length | 61 m (200 ft) |
Beam | 15.64 m (51.3 ft) |
Draught | 7.64 m (25.1 ft) |
Propulsion | sails |
Complement | 836 |
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She was built in Brest between 1668 and 1670 by engineer Laurent Hubac, was launched in 1669, and stayed unused in Brest harbour for years. She was recommissioned with 112 guns and 1200 men when the Nine Years' War broke out in 1688 as the flagship of the escadre du Ponant (squadron of the West).
She was said to be a good sailing ship and her decorations were amongst the most beautiful and elaborate of all baroque flagships. The emblem of the "sun" had been chosen by Louis XIV as his personal symbol.