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French ship <i>Triomphant</i> (1667)

French ship Triomphant (1667)

Ship of the line of the French Navy

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

The Triomphant was a ship of the line of the French Navy. She was a three-decker, although the upper deck was only partially armed, with an unarmed sections between the guns towards the bow and those towards the stern. She was built from 1665 to 1667 as the Princesse, and under this name she took part in the Expedition to Candia in 1669, but she was renamed Triomphant on 24 June 1671 and subsequently Constant on 28 June 1678. She was converted into a hulk in 1690 and renamed Vieux Constant, surviving in this role until 1704.[1][2]

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Notes

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

Citations

  1. [1]
    "3decks - Naval Sailing Warfare History / HMXMS Princesse (1667)". Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. [2]
    "France 2. Rate warships 1647-1699". Sailing warships by Teemu. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 223. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Nomenclature des Vaisseaux du Roi-Soleil de 1661 a 1715. Alain Demerliac (Editions Omega, Nice – various dates).
  • The Sun King's Vessels (2015) – Jean-Claude Lemineur; English translation by François Fougerat. Editions ANCRE. ISBN 978-2903179885
  • Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2017) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.



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