French ship Agréable
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 | |
| History | |
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| Namesake: | "Pleasant" |
| Builder: | Toulon, under plans by Laurent Coulomb |
| Laid down: | as Glorieux, 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 |
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| Armour: | Timber |
She was built in 1670 as Glorieux ("Glorious") and renamed to Agréable in January 1675.
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.
In 1711, Agréable was converted to a hulk, and she was eventually scrapped in 1717.
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