French ship Commerce de Marseille (1788)
1⁄48th scale model on display at Marseille maritime museum | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Commerce de Marseille |
| Namesake | Marseille |
| Ordered | 1786 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Toulon |
| Laid down | September 1786 or April 1787 |
| Launched | 7 August 1788 |
| Completed | October 1790 |
| Out of service | 2 August 1802 |
| 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 & 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 |
| Armament |
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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. |
Commerce de Marseille was a 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of the Océan class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the chamber of commerce of Marseille.