French ship Royal Louis (1758)

Model of the fictitious ship Sans-Pareil that defined the type of Royal Louis
History
France
Namesake: Louis XV of France
Ordered: 29 May 1757
Builder: Brest Dockyard
Laid down: June 1757
Launched: May 1759
Completed: July 1762
Struck: 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[1] (61.72 m)[2]
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:
  • 116 guns:
  • Main battery: 32 x 36-pounders on the lower deck
  • Secondary battery: 34 x 24-pounders on the middle deck
  • Upper battery: 34 x 12-pounders on the upper deck
  • Forecastle and quarterdeck: 16 x 8-pounders on the quarterdeck and forecastle
Armour: timber

The Royal Louis was a 1st Rank 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.

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.

A 1/18 scale model on display at Paris naval museum is thought to represent Royal Louis.

References

  • 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.
  1. ↑ The French (pre-metric) foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent British foot.
  2. ↑ http://www.kylesconverter.com/length/feet-(french-measure)-to-meters

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). 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.


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