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Le Soleil Royal - Heller 1/100 Scale Plastic Model Sailing Ship
2300 pieces. Partially completed - most of the hull has been assembled.
Deck has been scribed. Has all original parts. Height of completed model -
74cm or 29", length - 77cm or 30¼".
Original box has some damage to it but is generally intact.
I highly recommend that you do NOT bid on this item unless you are willing
to pick it up. Being in a semi-assembled state, it could possibly be
damaged if sent through the mail.
I WILL ship it to anyone that wants me to (bidder pays all shipping costs),
but I would be remiss if I did not caution you ahead of time.
History and details of the actual vessel
Three Masted First Rate Wooden Vessel
Armament: 104 guns
Built By: Brest, France,1669
Named in honor of the Sun King, Louis XIV, Le Soleil Royal was one of the
most powerful ships of her day. As the flagship of the revitalized French
Navy brought into being by Minister of Marine jean-Baptiste Colbert, she was
sumptuously decorated with wooden carvings depicting a variety of motives
emblematic of the French monarch. The hull was painted a royal blue
highlighted by the wales, strakes, and additional embellishments in gold.
Details of the first decade of Le Soleil Royal's Service are obscure, but
after her refit in 1689, she flew the flag of Vice Admiral Anne-Hilarion de
Contentin, Comte de Tourville, Admiral of the French fleet.
In March 1689 , a French fleet helped James II land in Ireland in the first
of several efforts to regain his throne. In July 1690, Tourville led a fleet
of seventy ships out of Brest and on July 10, he met a combined English and
Dutch force of fifty-seven ships off Beachy Head. Ordered to engage the
enemy against a larger fleet, Admiral Arthur Herbert, Lord Torrington lost
eight ships while the French lost none in a victory they called Béveziers.
On May 20, 1692 Tourville met an Anglo-Dutch fleet of eighty-eight ships off
Pointe de Barfleur. Touville prevented his fleet from being encircled by
increasing the distance between the ships. In the battle Le Soleil Royal was
so badly damaged that Tourville was forced to transfer his flag to Ambiteux
the next day. Ten French ships slipped away, but Le Soleil Royal, Admirable,
and Conquerant were forced into Cherbourg where they ran aground and were
destroyed by English fireships
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5983962369
Le Soleil Royal - Heller 1/100 Scale Plastic Model Sailing Ship
2300 pieces. Partially completed - most of the hull has been assembled.
Deck has been scribed. Has all original parts. Height of completed model -
74cm or 29", length - 77cm or 30¼".
Original box has some damage to it but is generally intact.
I highly recommend that you do NOT bid on this item unless you are willing
to pick it up. Being in a semi-assembled state, it could possibly be
damaged if sent through the mail.
I WILL ship it to anyone that wants me to (bidder pays all shipping costs),
but I would be remiss if I did not caution you ahead of time.
History and details of the actual vessel
Three Masted First Rate Wooden Vessel
Armament: 104 guns
Built By: Brest, France,1669
Named in honor of the Sun King, Louis XIV, Le Soleil Royal was one of the
most powerful ships of her day. As the flagship of the revitalized French
Navy brought into being by Minister of Marine jean-Baptiste Colbert, she was
sumptuously decorated with wooden carvings depicting a variety of motives
emblematic of the French monarch. The hull was painted a royal blue
highlighted by the wales, strakes, and additional embellishments in gold.
Details of the first decade of Le Soleil Royal's Service are obscure, but
after her refit in 1689, she flew the flag of Vice Admiral Anne-Hilarion de
Contentin, Comte de Tourville, Admiral of the French fleet.
In March 1689 , a French fleet helped James II land in Ireland in the first
of several efforts to regain his throne. In July 1690, Tourville led a fleet
of seventy ships out of Brest and on July 10, he met a combined English and
Dutch force of fifty-seven ships off Beachy Head. Ordered to engage the
enemy against a larger fleet, Admiral Arthur Herbert, Lord Torrington lost
eight ships while the French lost none in a victory they called Béveziers.
On May 20, 1692 Tourville met an Anglo-Dutch fleet of eighty-eight ships off
Pointe de Barfleur. Touville prevented his fleet from being encircled by
increasing the distance between the ships. In the battle Le Soleil Royal was
so badly damaged that Tourville was forced to transfer his flag to Ambiteux
the next day. Ten French ships slipped away, but Le Soleil Royal, Admirable,
and Conquerant were forced into Cherbourg where they ran aground and were
destroyed by English fireships
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