Soleil Royal 32"

 

• Fully assembled and ready for display
• Exhaustively researched and historically accurate to the actual tall ship
• 32" long x 16" Wide x 32 " High (1:115 scale)
• This model ship was built from over 1000 pieces made of the finest materials:
• Woods such as cherry, walnut, birch and maple
• Machine turned brass cannons
• Hand sewn thick canvas sails that do not wrinkle
• Masterfully painted like the actual Soleil Royal tall ship
• Amazing details (planked deck with nail holes, tied-down cannons, rudder chains, authentic lifeboats and more)
• Perfectly taught rigging with varied thread color and thickness
• The ship model rests on a sturdy wood base supported by four arched metal dolphins (marble base pictured)
• Click here to learn more about how the model ships and model boats are built

Named in honor of the Sun King, Louis XIV, Le Soleil Royal was one of the most powerful ships of her day. As flagship of the revitalized French Navy brought into being by Minister of Marine Jean-Baptiste Colbert, she was sumptuously decorated with wooden carvings depicting a variety of motifs emblematic of the French monarch. The taffrail was embellished with a rendering of the sun god drawn across the sky by a team of horses, while the ornate figurehead showed a seahorse flanked by winged maidens.

On May 29, 1692, the Soleil Royal achieved its hour of glory. With a formation of 45 ships, she defeated the English and Dutch fleets, which boasted a combined strength of 97 vessels.