French ship Dauphin Royal (1668)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Dauphin Royal.

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History
France
Name	Dauphin Royal
Namesake	The Dauphin of France, heir to the French throne
Builder	François Pomet, in Toulon
Laid down	March 1667
Launched	29 March 1668
Completed	April 1670
Out of service	November 1699
Stricken	Sold June 1700
Fate	Broken up 1700
General characteristics
Class and type	ship of the line
Tonnage	1,800 tons
Length	159½ French feet
Beam	43½ French feet
Draught	24 French feet
Depth of hold	20 French feet
Decks	3 gun decks
Complement	640, +9 officers; later 750 then 780
Armament	100 (later 104) guns: 12 x 24-pounder long guns + 14 x 18-pounder long guns on lower deck, later replaced by 26 x 36-pounder long guns 14 x 18-pounder long guns + 12 x 12-pounder long guns on middle deck, later replaced by 28 x 18-pounder long guns 24 x 8-pounder long guns on upper deck, later increased to 28 x 8-pounder long guns 18 6-pounder long guns on quarterdeck and forecastle
Armour	Timber

Dauphin Royal was a 104-gun ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was built at Toulon Dockyard, designed and constructed by François Pomet. She took part in the Battle of Beachy Head on 10 July 1690 (N.S.) and the Battle of Lagos on 28 June 1693, both times as flagship of Lieutenant-Général Louis-François de Rousselet, Comte de Châteaurenault, under Vice-Admiral Tourville. She was decommissioned in 1698 or 1699, and broken up in 1700.

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