Model boat - Le Soleil Royal

De Soleil-Royal was a French warship, in service from 1669 to 1692. It was a first-rate ship of the line, initially with 98 and later with 104 guns on three decks.

The ship was built in Brest between 1668 and 1670 by engineer Laurent Hubac, launched in 1669, and remained unused for years in the port of Brest. When the Nine Years' War broke out in 1688, it was reactivated with 112 cannons and 1,200 men as the flagship of the Ponant fleet.
She was first called Grand-Henry (in memory of Henri IV), then Royal-Soleil, and finally Soleil-Royal (referring to Louis XIV, the 'Sun King'). She was among the most beautiful and elaborately decorated of all flagship ships. Moreover, her cannons were made of bronze rather than cast iron.

The ship was used as a flagship for the first time during the Battle of Béveziers (1690). During this naval battle, the French fleet, led by Count de Tourville, defeated the English and Dutch fleet. As a result, France gained control of the Channel.
On May 12, 1692, she left Brest leading a fleet of 45 ships; two weeks later, the squadron encountered an English and Dutch fleet of 97 ships at the Battle of Barfleur. Despite their numerical inferiority, the French attacked but were forced to retreat after a large-scale battle with heavy damage on both sides. The Soleil Royal was too badly damaged to return to Brest and ran aground in Cherbourg for repairs.
On the night of June 2 to 3, stranded at Pointe du Hommet, she was attacked by 17 ships, which she managed to fend off with artillery fire. However, an enemy fire ship set the stern on fire, causing the gunpowder magazines to explode. Although the population of Cherbourg came to her aid, there was only one survivor among the 900 crew members.
What remained was set on fire by the British on June 2, 1692.
The name Soleil-Royal was retained by the French Navy: a second ship with this name was launched in 1693, and a third in 1749.

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