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French ship Soleil-Royal (1692)
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The Soleil Royal (Royal Sun) was a French ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
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She was built in 1692 in Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
by Blaise Pangalo as Foudroyant ("Lightning").
In March 1693, she was renamed as Soleil Royal (the previous ship of that name having been burnt in June 1692) and brought into service.
She was scuttled in Toulon
Toulon
Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
in 1707. She was later put back afloat, and sold for scrap.