French ship Admirable (1692)

The Admirable was a First Rank three-decker ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was initially armed with 96 guns, comprising twenty-eight 36-pounder guns on the lower deck, thirty 18-pounder guns on the middle deck, and twenty-eight 8-pounder guns on the upper deck, with ten 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck. In 1699 the 8-pounders on the upper deck were replaced by twenty-six 12-pounders, and two pairs of 6-pounders was removed from the quarterdeck, reducing the ship to 90 guns; one pair of 12-pounders was removed in 1704.

History
France
NameAdmirable
BuilderLorient Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1692
Launched23 December 1692
CommissionedMarch 1693
Out of serviceMarch 1713
FateBroken up between June and August of 1716
General characteristics
Tonnage2,000
Length160 French feet
Beam45½ French feet
Draught23½ French feet
Depth of hold21 French feet
Complement725 men (550 in peacetime), + 11 officers
Armament96 (later 90, then 88) guns

Designed and constructed by Laurent Coulomb, she was begun at Lorient Dockyard in July 1692 and launched on 23 December of the same year. She was a replacement for the previous ship of the same name, destroyed by an English fireship at Cherbourg in June 1692. She took part in the Battle of Lagos on 28 June 1693 and in the Battle of Vélez-Málaga on 13 August 1704. In July 1707 she was sunk in shallow water at Toulon to avoid the fire from bomb vessels, but was refloated in October. She was condemned at Toulon on 11 March 1713, and was broken up in June/August 1716.

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