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			{{short description\|Ship of the line of the French Navy}}
	Commerce de Marseille was a Téméraire class ships of the line. She was renamed Lys in July 1786 and Tricolore in October 1792. On August 1793 she was captured by the Royal Navy at Toulon.

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			\|Ship launched=7 October 1785
			\|Ship completed=September 1787
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			*''Tricolore'' (October 1792)
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			\|Ship captured=Handed over to the British on 29 August 1793
			\|Ship fate=Burnt on 18 December 1793
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			\|Ship displacement=*1,966 ]s
			*3,260 tonnes fully loaded
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			'''''Commerce de Marseille''''' was a {{sclass\|Téméraire\|ship of the line\|4}} of the ]. She was funded by a '']'' donation from Marseille.

			She was renamed ''Lys'' in July 1786 and ''Tricolore'' in October 1792. She was one of the ships in ] when ] a British force under Admiral ] in August 1793. ''Tricolore'' was subsequently burned by the British in their withdrawal from the port in December that year.

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Latest revision as of 16:18, 16 February 2023

Ship of the line of the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Commerce de Marseille and French ship Lys.

History
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Commerce de Marseille (1785), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
France
Name	Commerce de Marseille
Builder	Toulon shipyard
Laid down	September 1784
Launched	7 October 1785
Completed	September 1787
Renamed	Lys (July 1786) Tricolore (October 1792)
Captured	Handed over to the British on 29 August 1793
Fate	Burnt on 18 December 1793
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	1,966 tonnes 3,260 tonnes fully loaded
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 m (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder obusiers
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 a British force under Admiral Lord Hood in August 1793. Tricolore was subsequently burned by the British in their withdrawal from the port in December that year.

References

Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

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