Commerce de Marseille

Captured

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	First rate
Guns	118 guns
War	French Revolutionary Wars

Service

to 1793	Commerce de Marseille	France
from 1793	Commerce de Marseille Taken from Toulon	Britain

The biggest warship in the world when she was launched, a three-decker paid for by the merchants of Marseille. Taken away by the British when they left Toulon in December 1793; too weak to be a fighting ship, she was used as a storeship and broken up in 1802.

1/48 scale model of the Océan class 120-gun ship of the line Commerce de Marseille, on display at Marseille naval museum, combined with a half-hull of a generic Ocean-type 120-gun ship of the line on display at Brest navl museum. Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Lower gun deck:: 32 × 36 pdr guns
Middle gun deck: 34 × 24 pdr guns
Upper gun deck: 34 × 12 pdr guns
Forecastle & quarterdeck: 18 × 8 pdr guns + 6 × 36 pdr obusiers

Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	September 1786 or April 1787
Launched	7 August 1788
Displacement	5,095 tonneaux
Length	63.83 m (209 ft 5 in) (gun deck)
Complement	1,117

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

7 August 1788

Evacuation of Toulon

Captured

18–19 December 1793

Taken away by the British

Joined the Royal Navy

18 December 1793 · Taken from Toulon

Fate

Captured

Scrapped, 1802