View Of The ‘Pont-Neuf’ From The Corner Of The Ordnance Stores

Published in May 21st, 2008

Posted by admin in 18th Century, French Navy, Harbors

VIEW OF THE ‘PONT-NEUF’ FROM THE CORNER OF THE ORDNANCE STORES By Joseph Vernet, 1755 By 1750 France had only three working dry docks and none of them answered the growing needs of the French Marine. The double dock at Rochefort could not be accessed by any ship larger than the fourth rate because its [...]