The Agréable ("pleasant") was a 56-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
 Scale model on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
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| History | |
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| Namesake | "Pleasant" |
| Builder | Toulon, under plans by Laurent Coulomb |
| Laid down | as Glorieux, 1670 |
| Launched | 14 June 1671 |
| Renamed | Agréable, June 1671 |
| Homeport | Brest |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1717 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 56-gun, 3rd-rank ship of the line |
| Displacement | 1000 tonnes |
| Length | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Beam | 11.25 m (36.9 ft) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 300 to 400 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
She was laid down in 1670 as Glorieux ("Glorious") and renamed to Agréable shortly after her launching on 14 June 1671.[1]
In 1700, she departed France for India in order to ferry a load of gold back to France. In 1701, Agréable, along with the Aurore, Mutine and Saint-Louis, were attacked off Île Bourbon. Damaged, the Agréable made repairs at Île Bourbon, where the treasure was hidden.[2]
In 1711, Agréable was converted to a hulk, and she was eventually scrapped in 1717.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b Roche, p.25
- ^ (in French) Le trésor du capitaine Fontenay de Montreuil Archived 2018-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
References
edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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