Soleil Royale

[john sefton]

SOLEIL ROYALE.
Ship of the Line. 98 guns, laid down ay Brest in 1667 and launched 1669.
Flagship of Tourville at Beachy Head 10 July 1690.
Took part with great gallantry at Battle of Barfleur 29 May 1692. Was badly damaged.
She was set ablaze by HMS BLAZE at a battle off Cherbourg on June 1st 1692.
The above detail was taken from Log Book July 1986. Log Book quotes the stamp as France 1944 4f and 6f SG813, but I can’t find any such stamp!!
Guinea-Bissau SG955 Niger SG?ms

[FrenchShips]

The right name is "SOLEIL ROYAL" without e.


Jean-Louis
http://www.philateliemarine.fr/

[Anatol]

"Soleil Royal" (fr. Soleil-Royal 'Royal Sun') - the ship of the French Navy. Laid at the shipyards in Brest in 1668. Ship master builder was Laurent Hubak [1]. The ship was launched in 1669 and became part of the French fleet. According to their design features «Soleil-Royal» represented the three-masted sailing ship of the line. 3 ship decks (decks) the ship carried 104 (later 110/112) caliber gun from 4 to 36 pounds. For many years after launching the ship remained without, and stood in the harbor of Brest. «Soleil-Royal» has been re-armed during the war years 1688-1697 and train for a new class 112-gun ship. Soleil-Royal was a good sailing and decorating his body was considered one of the most beautiful and complex of all the bizarre flagships. Latrine (nasal) ship figure as "Sun" was chosen at the insistence of Louis XIV, as his personal symbol. Battleship "Soleil Royal" participated in the Battle of Beachy Head. At the head of a squadron of 75 ships, with sun-Royal in the center of the line of battle, Count Tourville wins English and Dutch fleet under the command of Lord Torrington and Cornelis Evertsen, in the Battle of Cape Beachy Head by 10 July 1690. Temporarily, the French fleet was mistress of the English Channel. and at the Battle of Barfleur. At the Battle of Barfleur (29 May 1692) the ship was badly damaged, could not return to Brest and landed aground at Cherbourg for repairs, along with two other ships. On the night of the 2nd of June 3, the ship "Soleil Royal" was attacked by the English fire ships and was burned. Of the crew, which consisted of 883 people (according to other sources 850), only one survived.
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Source: ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Солей_Рояль_(линейный_корабль,_1669)

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

Displacement:1630 tonnes, L:61m. (200') B:15,64m. (51.3') Draught:7,64m. (25.1')
Nicaragua 1996, 2,50 C. StG.?