French 90-gun Le Saint Philippe, 1693 (plans available)

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Le Saint Philippe

French, 90 guns, 1693

One of the most prestigious vessels of Louis XIV Navy

built by Francois Coulomb at Toulon

She had "an especially rich career, under the command of illustrious officers. She was especially noteworthy at the battle of Velez-Malaga in 1704 under the command of the Chevalier d’Infreville".

 

 

 

Armament : 

• Lower battery : 28 x 36-pdr
• Middle battery : 30 x 18-pdr
• Upper battery : 26 x 12-pdr
• QD/Fc : 6 x 6-pdr

Dimensions

• Length of gundeck : 158' 0''
• Length of keel : 134' 0''
• Breadth : 44' 6 "
• Depth in hold : 20'6''
• Burthen : 1700 ton

Source : 

• L.-Cl. Lemineur, Le Saint-Phillipe, 1693 (here ; extract)
• https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=1915
• Decoration (stern and prow) available at the Archives of the French Navy (cf. Catalogue des plans de bâtiments à voiles)

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 2018 by LeBoiteux

[Heinrich]

The easiest way to com to a model is to scale the plans to 1/92 and base your work on the Heller SOLEIL ROYAL 1:100 kit. It is some rework to be done to the hull, baut after this it goes quite fast foreword..