French ship Commerce de Bordeaux (1785)
Appearance
Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Commerce de Bordeaux, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Commerce de Bordeaux |
Builder | Toulon |
Laid down | September 1784 |
In service | 1786 |
Renamed | Timoléon in February 1794 |
Fate | Ran aground and brunt at the Battle of the Nile |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Téméraire class ship of the line |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 966 tonnes 5 260 tonnes fully loaded |
Length | 55.87 metres (172 French feet) |
Beam | 14.90 metres (44' 6) |
Draught | 7.26 metres (22 French feet) |
Propulsion | Up to 2 485 m² of sails |
Complement | 678 men |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 74 guns:
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Armour | Timber |
The Commerce de Bordeaux was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Battle of the Nile where she ran agound and was burnt by her crew.