French ship Royal Louis

It was a tradition in the French Royal Navy to name the largest ship Royal Louis.^[1] At least six ships bore this name:

• the Royal Louis (1668)
• the Royal Louis (1692)
• the Royal Louis (1743)
• the Royal Louis (1758)
• the Royal Louis (1780)
• the Impérial of 1811 was renamed Royal Louis in April 1814 (when Napoléon was reinstated, she reverted to Impérial in March 1815, but was again renamed Royal Louis in July 1815.

References

• Les « Royal Louis » de la Marine française (Nicolas Mioque)