La COURONNE 1636 model ship PLANS & PHOTOS * Battle of Getaria * SUPER ScaleModeling HEROES
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Date: 2023-01-13

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0:09 - La Couronne 1636 - Design
0:59 - La Couronne 1636 - Ship model PLANS
2:14 - La Couronne 1636 - Battle of Getaria - background
2:35 - La Couronne 1636 - Ship model assembly guide
3:05 - La Couronne 1636 - Ship model photos
4:15 - La Couronne 1636 - The battle, consequences

The Couronne was the first major warship to be designed and built by the French themselves in accordance with Richelieu's plans to renew the French Navy, after a series of warships had been built by the Dutch.

Builder: Charles Morieu (chantier de La Roche-Bernard)
Laid down: 1629
Launched: 1632 or 1633

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Tonnage: 1,500
Length:  165 French feet overall(excludes 10 metre-long bowsprit) 120 French feet keel: 53.5 meters
Beam:          44 French feet 14.3 meters
Depth of hold: 16 feet 5.2 meters
Decks:      2 gun decks
Complement: 500, + 9 officers; later 643 men
Armour: Timber
Armament: 48 - 72 guns:
- Lower battery 22 18-pounder long guns
- Upper battery: 24 9-pounder long guns
- Forecastle: 8 6-pounder long guns firing forwards
- Quarterdeck: 8 6-pounder long guns firing aft

Naval artillery in the Age of Sail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28nJgSyESWs

Ship Model drawings - LA COURONNE 1636

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