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
France
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	56 guns: 22 24-pounders 24 12-pounders 10 6-pounders
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

1. Roche, p.25
2. (in French) Le trésor du capitaine Fontenay de Montreuil Archived 2018-01-03 at the Wayback Machine

References

• 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.