Anne Hilarion de Tourville
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Anne-Hilarion de Costentin, Comte de Tourville was a French Navy officer who served under King Louis XIV. Born in Paris, he was made a Marshal of France in 1693. Tourville is considered by some as one
Portrait of de Tourville
Wooden statue of Tourville, on display at Toulon naval museum
Marble statue of Tourville, by Joseph Charles Marin in Tourville-sur-Sienne
Marble statue of Tourville, by Joseph Charles Marin in Tourville-sur-Sienne
Soleil Royal was a 104-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the flagship of Admiral Anne Hilarion de Tourville.
Anne Hilarion de Tourville
…served under Abraham Duquesne during the campaigns of 1676, and became a commander in 1690 during the Nine Years' War. He flew his personal flag on the Soleil Royal, where it would stay until the battles of Barfleur and La Hougue in 1692. At the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, he defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet…
Soleil Royal on fire at the action at La Hogue
Stern of the Soleil Royal, design by Jean Bérain
Stern of the Soleil Royal, design by Jean Bérain
The Battle of La Hogue by Benjamin West, 1778