French ship Royal Louis (1759)
{{short description|Ship of the line of the French Navy}}
{{Other ships|French ship Royal Louis}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Sans Pareil-IMG 8602.jpg |Ship caption=Model of the fictitious ship Sans-Pareil that defined the type of Royal Louis }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=France |Ship flag=Image:Flag of France (1814–1830).svg |Ship name= |Ship namesake=Louis XV of France |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered=29 May 1757 |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Brest Dockyard |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=June 1757 |Ship launched=May 1759 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=July 1762 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck=1772 |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Broken up in 1773 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=First Rank ship of the line |Ship type= |Ship tonnage=3,000 |Ship displacement=4,732 |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length=190 French feet{{efn|The French (pre-metric) foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent British foot.}} |Ship beam=51½ French feet (16.73 m) |Ship height= |Ship draught=25 French feet 8 inches |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth=24½ French feet |Ship decks=3 gun decks |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=1,320, + 18 officers |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*116 guns:
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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
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
A {{frac|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.
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Notes
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References
- {{Cite book|first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |page=223|publisher=JMR. Jean-Michel Roche }}
- 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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Category:Ships of the line of the French Navy
Category:Sans-Pareil-class ships of the line
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