French Fourth Rate ship of the line 'L'Agréable' (1697)

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Oxford (22) 1656-1669
British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
(1656)
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British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
(1656)
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British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
(1656)
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British 22 Gun
5th Rate Ship
(1656)
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(1656)
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L'Agréable
Nominal Guns	56
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'L'Agréable' (1671) (62) 1671-1717 French 62 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Launched	1697
How acquired	Purpose built
Shipyard	Toulon - Provence	NNF-1661
Constructor	Laurent CoulombFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1664	NNF-1661
Category	Fourth Rate
National Rate	Second Rang
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last known	1711

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDBF
Length of Gundeck44Meters0′ 1″ Imperial
Breadth12.5Meters39′ 6″ Imperial
Depth in Hold6.3Meters19′ 9″ Imperial
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1661
Length of Gundeck135' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)43.8526 (143′ 10″ Imperial)
Length of Keel106'French Feet (Pied du Roi)34.4559 (113′ 0″ Imperial)
Breadth38' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)12.3627 (40′ 6″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 6"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.5448 (18′ 2″ Imperial)
Burthen1,000Ton

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1702Capitaine de VaisseauFWIKI

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
1.1.1702 - 1702Garde de la Marineref:673

Service History

DateEventSource
20.8.1702Benbow vs DuCasse
1711Refitted as a Unrated HulkDBF
1715

Hulked at Brest

DBF
1715

Condemned at Brest

NNF-1715

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

DBFJean-Michel Roche, Web Site

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1661Alain Demerliac, Book

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:673 Web Site

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