French ship Dauphin Royal (1668) explained
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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- Vaisseaux de Ligne Français de 1682 à 1780 1