The Lys was a First Rank ship of the line of the French Royal Navy, the second vessel in the two-ship Sceptre Class (her sister being the Sceptre).

This ship was ordered in April 1691 to be built at Toulon Dockyard, and on 13 May she was allotted the name Lys.

The designer and builder of both ships was François Coulomb.

The Lys was launched on 17 December 1691 and completed in February of the next year.

The 4-pounders were replaced by six 6-pounders by 1699; a thirteenth pair of 8-pounders (on the upper deck) and a fourth pair of 6-pounders (on the quarterdeck) were added in 1704, raising her to 88 guns.