French ship Commerce de Marseille (1785)
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Commerce de Marseille.
 Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Commerce de Marseille (1785), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
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 France
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| Name: | Commerce de Marseille |
| Builder: | Toulon shipyard |
| Laid down: | September 1784 |
| Launched: | 7 October 1785 |
| Completed: | September 1787 |
| Renamed: |
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| Captured: | Handed over to the British on 29 August 1793 |
| Fate: | Burnt on 18 December 1793 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Commerce de Marseille was a Téméraire class of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from Marseille.
She was renamed Lys in July 1786 and Tricolore in October 1792. She was one of the ships in Toulon when the city was surrendered to the protection of a British force under Admiral Lord Hood in August 1793. Tricolore was subsequently burnt by the British in their withdrawal from the port in December that year.
See also
References
- ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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