I do not specialise in French barques aground, but this one, the Vincennes, obviously became quite a tourist attraction when she went aground on Manley beach in Australia.  She was re-floated and repaired.  I love the figures in their formal clothes enjoying  the spectacle, so painted this watercolour of the scene.

A painted ship upon a painted ocean.   This calm evening in the Ionian provided a nice setting with the islands of Ithaca and Cephalonia in the background.

The French built many splendid barques.  This watercolour shows the Babin - Chevay making her way down the Bristol Channel on a cloudy day with the coaster Two Sisters passing ahead and fishing boats on the horizon.

I greatly admire the marine paintings by Antoine Roux, father and son.  This watercolour of  a sloop taking in sail is based on one of their drawings, transposed from Marseilles to Plymouth Sound.  It is not completely unlikely, as ships were sometimes captured and changed sides during the Napoleonic wars.

This French barque, Idun, ran aground on the Suffolk coast  in January 1912.  I have tried to capture the watery sky that follows a stormy night.  The sail in the background might be the lifeboat, Alfred Corry.

Water in water colour this time.  This barge sailing down the Thames on a foggy evening made a simple and effective subject.

Law Hill was one of the last of the British four masted barques.  She took part in the last  grain race in 1937/38, described by Eric Newby.  I painted this conventional ship portrait for a family that had owned her.