The ''Triomphant'' was a
ship of the line of the
French Royal Navy. One of two sisterships designed and built by Laurent Hubac (the other was the
''Belliqueux''). Started as ''Brave'' in
Brest
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and launched on 20 June 1675, she was renamed ''Constant'' six days later, and completed in 1676; she was renamed ''Triomphant'' on 28 June 1678. She took part in the
Battle of Beachy Head on July 10, 1690, and in the
Battle of Barfleur
The action at Barfleur was part of the battle of Barfleur-La Hougue during the War of the Grand Alliance. A French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville was seeking to cover an invasion of England by a French army to restore James II to the ...
on May 29, 1692.
Following the latter battle, she retreated in a battered condition to
Cherbourg, along with two larger warships - the
''Soleil Royal'' and
''Admirable''. There the three ships were attacked by English warships on 1 June 1692. This attack was beaten off, but on the following day the English employed
fireship
A fire ship or fireship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, or gunpowder deliberately set on fire and steered (or, when possible, allowed to drift) into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy sh ...
s and the ''Admirable'' was set alight and burnt by the English fireship
HMS ''Woolf''.
Notes
References
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*''Nomenclature des Vaisseaux du Roi-Soleil de 1661 a 1715''. Alain Demerliac (Editions Omega, Nice – various dates).
*''The Sun King's Vessels'' (2015) - Jean-Claude Lemineur; English translation by François Fougerat. Editions ANCRE.
*Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2017) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626-1786: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. .
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Ships of the line of the French Navy
1670s ships
Ships built in France