The Couronne was the first major warship to be designed and built by the
French themselves in accordance with Richelieu’s plans to renew the French
Navy, after a series of warships had been built by the Dutch. The construction
was supervised by Isaac de Launay Razilly (died in Arcadia 1635), and overseen
by the famous carpenter Charles Morieu, from Dieppe. She was being
constructed at La Roche-Bernard and was one of the most advanced units of her
time. After launch in 1632 or 1633, she was moved to Brouage in September
1634 where she was completed around 1635 by Mathieu Casteau. She carried up
to 72 heavy guns, most on her two-deck broadside but also 8 firing forwards
from the bow and 8 firing aft, an unusual feature until Dupuy de
Lôme redesigned naval artillery.
Couronne took part in the Battle of Guetaria on 22 August 1638, and another
expedition to Spain in 1639 under Henri de Sourdis.
The ship was disarmed in 1641 and broken up between 1643 and 1645.
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