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Ship model
French Soleil Royal of 1669
Scale 1 : 77,
length 102 cm, width 44 cm, height 94 cm,
More photos: of
entire ship,
of details. Click on the
photos for high resolution pictures!
SOLEIL ROYAL, a
famous ship in French naval history
The French SOLEIL ROYAL was named in honour of the
Sun KING, Louis XIV. The
SOLEIL ROYAL was one of the most powerful warships of her time. She was launched 1669 in Brest and carried 104 cannons.
As flagship of the revitalized French Navy, brought into being by Minister of
Marine Jean
Baptiste Colbert, she was sumptuously decorated with wooden carvings, depicting a
variety of motifs emblematic of the French monarch. The taffrail was embellished
with a rendering of the sun god drawn across the sky by a team of horses, while
the ornate figurehead showed a seahorse flanked by winged maidens.
In July 1690, at the
battle of Beachy Head, admiral Tourville led the French fleet of 70 ships to a victory
against the united English and Dutch fleet of 57 ships. Two years later the
situation was less favorable. On
20 May 1692, at the
battles of Barfleur and La Hogue, a French fleet with
only 44 ships met the
English and Dutch with twice as many ships off Pointe de Barfleur. Some
the French ships could escape but the SOLEIL ROYAL was so strongly damaged
that she ran aground when trying to escape to Cherbourg. On 23 May 1692 she was
destroyed by
English fireships.
The SOLEIL
ROYAL ship model, photos, description and dimensions
The ship's hull was painted in royal blue and
gold. The decorations are shown in the model in very detail. Please take your time to have a good look at
the set of photos. There are
several views of the entire model
and
close views of hull, rigging and
decorations. If you click on a photo you
will get that photo in high resolution. Only these high resolution photographs
show how much work and handicraft ability were put in the model. (If you use Microsoft Internet
Explorer or Netscape Navigator, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a
larger screen with the photos.)
The finely
worked, detailed model of the SOLEIL
ROYAL clearly shows the impressive lines of hull and rigging that were typical
of ships of that age. The model is 1
: 77 scale. Length is 102 cm, width 44 cm, height 94 cm.
This model
has been
already sold. The pictures
and the data are shown in the
gallery of
the ship models sold
only to let
enthusiasts and model makers enjoy the photos and maybe
get ideas or some guidance, if someone builds such a
model by
himself.
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