French ship Commerce de Marseille (1785)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Commerce de Marseille (1785), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. | |
| History | |
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| France | |
| 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 | |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 14.46 m (47 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 7.15 m (23.5 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 705 |
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Commerce de Marseille was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1780s. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation by merchants from Marseille. Completed in 1785, she played a minor role in the French Revolutionary Wars.