Caball Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 La Couronne Ships History : La Couronne was an emblematic flagship of the French Navy built in 1636 by Cardinal de Richelieu. She was built in accordance to Richelieu's plans to renew the French Navy, after a series of ships built by the Dutch. The contraction was overseen by the famous carpenter Charles Morieur, from Dieppe. She was one of the most advanced vessels of her time. She was equipped with 68 heavy guns, 8 firing to the bow and 8 to the aft, an unusual feature until Dupuy de Lôme redesigned naval artillery. The Couronne took part in the siege of Hondarribia in 1638, and another expedition to Spain in 1639 under Henri de Sourdis. http://www.smcars.net/threads/la-couronne-detail-1636.18696/ http://www.radekshipmodels.cz/cz/plany-lodi/la-couronne-plan http://www.sailboatmodel.info/la_couronne_1636/index.php?langue=en Plans: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Corso Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 A beautiful ship, but too far out of period for the game I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Sweet Couronne from POTBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illusive Tabby Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hahah, the ship with a forward broadside. Good memories of watchin this ship in PotBS, but I have no clue about the ship otherwise.....Honestly I thought she was made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hahah, the ship with a forward broadside. Good memories of watchin this ship in PotBS, but I have no clue about the ship otherwise.....Honestly I thought she was made up. She looked too simple in POTBS. Poor modeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakkeri Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I really like the look of these older ships, I sure hope they make it into NA some way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Build thread: http://www.shipmodeling.ru/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=70059 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutger Van Hoorn Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Good old spider-eyes! I loved sailing this ship in PotBS. It was the ship I sailed when taking part in port battles. That thing had some serious staying power. Was a bit silly sailing though, doing pirouettes when firing each of the four broadsides in turn While I love her looks, it doesn't seem like she would fit in the game as sailing ship, maybe as hulk or wreck though. Question on older ships and their preservation: In modern days, it's not unusual for older ships to be preserved as museum, memorial or such. Was that a practice in the sailing age? I guess my question really is, did outdated ships back then get preserved in any way or were they always broken down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerrialKiller Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It is to early time perriod i know the ship the dutch need help wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Was that a practice in the sailing age? I guess my question really is, did outdated ships back then get preserved in any way or were they always broken down? They weren't always broken up, but neither were they preserved. There would always be hulks rotting in harbors. One of the British SoLs at Trafalgar was still afloat during WWII. But more of a floating corpse than a ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTMatt Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 That ship looks incredibly fun, beautiful stern too. It even has little towers in the front. Seriously hoping these older ships get in as premiums or from special events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austrum Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 While I am a big fan of many of the late 1600s designed ships, many of which look very modern and not too dissimilar to ships designed in the early to mid 1700s, this ship, while beautiful would look freakish in a battle line next to a Connie or other modern ship. 1630s is just too old in a game where many if not most designs will be 150-200 years newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Plans added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBoiteux Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Awesome !!! Beautiful ! I'd love to see such ships in NA. It shouldn't be a problem with a Battle Rate system (that could take into account the date of construction of ships), if there were some other 1600s ships. Edited June 12, 2015 by LeBoiteux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancovitch Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 hello....there used to be a photo of a beautiful model of la couronne here if i remember correctly......what happened, and where can i find it.....thanks......vic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 hello....there used to be a photo of a beautiful model of la couronne here if i remember correctly......what happened, and where can i find it.....thanks......vic Hosting site deleted uploaded images. Always choose the good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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