Renamed Timoléon in February 1794, she took part in the Battle of the Nile under captain Louis-Léonce Trullet. In the confusion of the battle, her rudder was damaged by misdirected fire from the neighbouring Généreux. She fought for three days, eventually running aground and set on fire by her crew. She exploded around noon on 2 August, the last fighting French ship of the battle.
french, ship, commerce, bordeaux, 1785, commerce, bordeaux, téméraire, class, ship, line, french, navy, funded, vaisseaux, donation, from, bordeaux, scale, model, achille, sister, ship, display, musée, national, marine, paris, historyfrancenamecommerce, bordea. Commerce de Bordeaux was a Temeraire class 74 gun ship of the line of the French Navy She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from Bordeaux Scale model of Achille sister ship of French ship Commerce de Bordeaux 1785 on display at the Musee national de la Marine in Paris HistoryFranceNameCommerce de BordeauxBuilderToulonLaid downSeptember 1784Launched15 September 1785In service1786RenamedTimoleon in February 1794FateRan aground and burnt at the Battle of the Nile August 1798General characteristics 1 Class and typeTemeraire class ship of the lineDisplacement1 966 tonnes 3 260 tonnes fully loadedLength55 87 metres 183 3 ft 172 pied Beam14 90 metres 48 ft 11 in Draught7 26 metres 23 8 ft 22 pied PropulsionUp to 2 485 m2 26 750 sq ft of sailsArmament74 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 carronadesArmourTimberTimoleon at the Battle of the Nile 1798Renamed Timoleon in February 1794 she took part in the Battle of the Nile under captain Louis Leonce Trullet In the confusion of the battle her rudder was damaged by misdirected fire from the neighbouring Genereux She fought for three days eventually running aground and set on fire by her crew She exploded around noon on 2 August the last fighting French ship of the battle See also editList of ships of the line of FranceReferences edit Clouet Alain 2007 La marine de Napoleon III classe Temeraire caracteristiques dossiersmarine free fr Archived from the original on 23 March 2013 Retrieved 4 April 2013 nbsp This article about a specific military ship or boat of France is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a ship of the line of France is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title French ship Commerce de Bordeaux 1785 amp oldid 1132784254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
