Namesake "Royal" Commissioned May 1694 Beam 7.7 m (25 ft) Construction started December 1692 Length 57 m Displacement 280,000 kg | Laid down December 1692 Decommissioned 1720 Draught 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) Launched April 1694 Weight 280 tons | |
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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.
Status
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.
References
French galley La Réale (1694) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA