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\"Soleil Royal\" 2-Views #2
104-guns ship build from 1668 and launched in 1669 and named as hommage to the King of France Louis XIV, the "Roi Soleil"
Admiral flagship of the Western Fleet as sheep of the Admiral de Tourville, during the Nine Years' War (War of the League of Augsburg)
Winner of the Battle of Beveziers (10th July 1690) against the Dutch and British fleets
Destroyed by fireships during the night of the 2nd./3rd. June 1692 during the Battle of La Hougue, after had been run aground at du Hommet Point (close to Cherbourg), and successfully resist to 17 British warships.
Acrylic and ink on Bristol Card. CAD reworked to show as 2-Viewed with a shadowed background.
Admiral flagship of the Western Fleet as sheep of the Admiral de Tourville, during the Nine Years' War (War of the League of Augsburg)
Winner of the Battle of Beveziers (10th July 1690) against the Dutch and British fleets
Destroyed by fireships during the night of the 2nd./3rd. June 1692 during the Battle of La Hougue, after had been run aground at du Hommet Point (close to Cherbourg), and successfully resist to 17 British warships.
Acrylic and ink on Bristol Card. CAD reworked to show as 2-Viewed with a shadowed background.