French ship La Réale (1694)

"La Réale" ("Royal one") was an extraordinary galley ("galère extraordinaire") [In the French nomenclature for galleys, "ordinary galleys" had 26 pairs of oars with 6 oarsmen per bank; "extraordinary" ones had 29, 30 or 32 banks with 6 or 7 oarsmen.] of the French Navy, flagship of the galleys of France under Louis XIV.

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".

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.musee-marine.fr/site/fr/exploiter_fiche_documentaire_galeres Les galères du Roi-Soleil]
* [http://www.musee-marine.fr/site/fr/883 Ornements de poupe de la galère « Réale »]