Wow
many thanks for the info about the new monographie of the three-decker 90-gun ship
Saint Philippe by Jean-Claude LEMINEUR
with the length of 130 cm for only the hull it will be a big model !!
I will order one copy for me - 4,5 kg paper with 45 drawings - really a big size monographie
This is written on the ancre page:
Among these new vessels the Saint-Philippe, built in 1693 by Francois Coulomb at Toulon, would have an especially rich career, under the command of illustrious officers. She was especially noteworthy at the battle of Velez-Malaga in 1704 under the command of the Chevalier d’Infreville but this campaign would be her last.
The rare nature of studies dedicated to Louis XIV’s navy, the prestige surrounding the vessel under study, the abundance of pictorial information and the rich nature of the numerous commentaries makes this monograph a matchless trove.
BOOK MAKEUP
• 224 page brochure containing the source, the history and reduced-scale plates with commentaries
• 16 page full-color booklet showing details of admiralty-style rigged models
• 45 large format plates showing the full description of the vessel. (The sails and The Saint-Philippe under sail 1/96).
Chapter 1 - Presentation of sources
1.1 Data defi ning the general architecture and construction elements
1.2 Elements of decoration
1.3 Colors used in the days of the Saint-Philippe
1.4 Discussion about the theme of the decoration
1.5 Origins of vessels of the class of the Saint-Philippe
1.6 State of the Navy after 1692.
Chapter II - Flag-carrying vessels
2.1 Saint-Philippe, 1662 – 1692
2.2 Royal Louis 1668 – 1697
2.3 Soleil Royal 1669 – 1692.
Chapter III - The Coulombs, father and son and the Toulon naval constructions.
Chapter IV - Evolution of bronze guns casting.
Chapter V - Summary of the Saint-Philippe’s operational career.
Chapter VI - Description of the timber structure.
Construction of the vessel accompanied by 31 reducedscale plates.
Chapter VII - Drawings and commentaries of the plates.
Chapter VIII - Commentaries on photographs of models.
Translated by François Fougerat
https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/93-le-saint-philippe-1693.html
Here also the short info given at wikipedia about the ship:
The Saint Philippe was a
First Rank ship of the line of the
French Royal Navy, the second vessel in the two-ship
Tonnant Class (her sister being the
Tonnant).
This ship was ordered in late 1692 to be built at
Toulon Dockyard, and on 20 January 1693 she was allotted the name
Saint Philippe, taking the name of a
ship lost in the
Action at La Hogue in June 1692. The designer and builder of both ships was
François Coulomb, and they represented an enlargement of his design of 1691 for the
Sceptre, with an extra pair of guns (and gunports) added on each level. They were three-decker ships without forecastles. The
Saint Philippe was launched on October 1693 and completed in December of the same year.
She was initially armed with 90 guns, comprising twenty-eight 36-pounders on the lower deck, thirty 18-pounders on the middle deck, twenty-six 12-pounders on the upper deck, and six 6-pounders on the quarterdeck.
The
Saint Philippe was rebuilt at Toulon from February 1699 to 1700; she took part in the
Battle of Vélez-Málaga on 24 August 1703. In July 1707 - during the siege of Toulon - she and her sister were undergoing a refit in the basin of Le Mourillon, and avoided the scuttling order which affected most other French ships at Toulon; they were sailed to counter the British attack, and subsequently were used as floating batteries. The
Saint Philippe was condemned at Toulon on 18 August 1714, and was subsequently taken to pieces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Saint_Philippe_(1693)