French ship Royal Louis (1780)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Royal Louis and French ship Républicain.
Royal Louis was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was designed and built at Brest Dockyard by Léon-Michel Guignace.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Royal Louis |
Namesake | Louis of France |
Builder | Brest Dockyard[1] |
Laid down | 8 March 1779[1] |
Launched | 20 March 1780[1] |
Completed | June 1780[1] |
Commissioned | June 1780[1] |
Renamed | Républicain (29 September 1792)[1] |
Fate | Wrecked, 24 December 1794 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 106-gun ship of the line |
Tonnage | 2,400 tonnes[1] |
Displacement | 4,835 tonnes[1] |
Length | 60.4 metres[1] |
Beam | 16.2 metres[1] |
Draught | 8.6 metres[1] |
Depth of hold | 24½ French feet |
Complement | 1,150[1] |
Armament | |
Armour | timber |
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