Soleil Royal Size 1
€675.00
Dimension: Length 61 x Width 22 x Height 52 cm.
Grade B / Quality Superior
Construction of the boat:
- We place a double layer of plank on the hull, Teak wood.
- Decks made with small planks of Oak wood.
- Masts and other pieces on the deck are made Teak and Acajou wood.
- Sculptures, anchors, and canons are molded in Zinc metal and painted.
- Cotton sails tinted in tea.
- Ropes are cotton and nylon waxed in the bee wax to do the rigging.
Description
French ship Soleil Royal (1670)
Soleil Royal (Royal Sun) was a French 104-gun ship of the line, flagship of Admiral Tourville.
Soleil Royal ship model was built in Brest between 1668 and 1670 by engineer Laurent Hubac.
However, she was launched in 1669, and stayed unused in Brest harbour for years.
Soleil Royal ship model 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).
The Royal Sun was said to be a good sailing ship and her decorations. Moreover, 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.
Soleil Royal was recommissioned with 112 guns and 1200 men when the Nine Years’ War broke out. Soleil Royal became a traditional name for capital ships of the Ancien Régime, and several ships bore it afterwards.
The Battle of Beachy Head (known in French as “Bataille de Béveziers”) began in the morning of the 10 July 1690 when the French surprised the English ships anchored. Soleil Royal led the center of the French formation.
Soleil Royal ship model became a traditional name for capital ships of the Ancient Régime, and several ships bore it afterwards.
A detailed 1/40th scale model of the hull and sculptures was built in 1839 by sculptor and modelist Jean-Baptiste Tanneron. This model is now on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
Additional information
| Weight | 7 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 70 × 30 × 60 cm |
