Commerce de Paris class ship of the line
Overview
The Commerce de Paris class was a ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
class of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
, designed in 1804 by Jacques-Noël Sané
Jacques-Noël Sané
Jacques-Noël Sané was a French naval engineer, one of the most successful shipbuilders of the Age of Sail.Sané studied under Duhamel du Monceau...
as a shortened version of his 118-gun Océan Class three-deckers. Two ships were built to this design in France; four more were begun at Antwerp in 1810-11, but these were never completed.
- Commerce de Paris
- Builder: Toulon shipyard
- Ordered: 14 May 1804
- Laid down: October 1804
- Launched: 8 August 1806
- Completed: May 1807
- Fate: razeed in 1825.