French ship Royal Duc (1668)

Portrait of Reine by Willem van de Velde the Younger
History
France
Name	Royal Duc
Builder	Laurent Hubac, in Brest Dockyard
Laid down	October 1667
Launched	December 1668
Completed	March 1669
Out of service	November 1699
Renamed	Reine on 24 June 1671
Fate	Taken to pieces in May 1688
General characteristics
Class & type	ship of the line
Tonnage	1,900 tons
Length	155 French feet [a]
Beam	42 French feet
Draught	22 French feet 10 inches
Depth of hold	19½ French feet
Decks	3 gun decks
Complement	750, +9 officers
Armament	104 guns: 16 × 36-pounder long guns + 14 × 24-pounder long guns on lower deck 30 × 18-pounder long guns on middle deck 26 × 8-pounder long guns on upper deck 18 6-pounder long guns on quarterdeck and forecastle
Armour	Timber

Royal Duc was a 104-gun ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was built at Brest Dockyard, designed and constructed by Laurent Hubac. Her name was altered to Reine on 24 June 1671. She took part in the two Battles of Schooneveldt on 7 and 13 June 1671 (N.S.) and the Battle of Texel on 21 August 1673, each time as flagship of Vice-Admiral Jean d'Estrées. She was condemned in April 1688, and broken up in the following month.

Notes

1. The (pre-metric) French foot was 6.575% longer than the equivalent English foot.

References

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• Vaisseaux de Ligne Français de 1682 à 1780 1