French ship Commerce de Marseille (1788)
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Commerce de Marseille was a 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship[note 1] of the Océan class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the chamber of commerce of Marseille.
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1⁄48th scale model on display at Marseille maritime museum | |
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France | |
Name | Commerce de Marseille |
Namesake | Marseille |
Ordered | 1786[1] |
Builder | Arsenal de Toulon |
Laid down | September 1786[2] or April 1787[3] |
Launched | 7 August 1788[2] |
Completed | October 1790 |
Out of service | 2 August 1850 |
Stricken | 1802 |
Captured | Seized as prize by Great Britain on 29 August 1793 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Commerce de Marseille |
Fate | Broken up 1802 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Océan-class ship of the line |
Displacement | 5,098 tonnes |
Tons burthen | 2,746 tonnes |
Length | 65.18 m (213 ft 10 in) (196.6 French feet) |
Beam | 16.24 m (53 ft 3 in) (50 French feet) |
Draught | 8.12 m (26 ft 8 in) (25 French feet) |
Propulsion | sail, 3,265 m2 (35,140 sq ft) |
Complement | 1,079 |
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Notes | Length of gun deck was 208 ft 4 in (63.50 m), the longest of any 3-decker ever built. She was 2,746 tonnes burthen, also a record. |
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