French ship La Réale (1694)
The Réale returning to port
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 Kingdom of France
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| Namesake: | "Royal" |
| Laid down: | December 1692 |
| Launched: | April 1694 |
| Commissioned: | May 1694 |
| Decommissioned: | 1720 |
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| Displacement: | 280 tonnes |
| Length: | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Beam: | 7.7 m (25 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
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| Crew: | 550 (total) |
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La Réale ("the royal") was a galley of the French galley corps, and the flagship of the French galley fleet under Louis XIV. She was designed by Jean-Baptiste Chabert, and built in Marseille between 1692 and 1694.
La Réale was termed a galère extraordinaire ("extraordinary galley") since she had a larger crew than normal fleet galleys.
The status of Réale was thus defined:
The decorations of the stern are on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. The museum also features a contemporary model of an ordinary galley modified to look like the Réale.
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