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French ship Commerce de Paris (1806)

Commerce de Paris was a 110-gun Commerce de Paris-class ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the lead ship of her class.

Commerce de Paris under construction at Toulon on 15 November 1806
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameCommerce de Paris
NamesakeParis
Ordered14 May 1804[1]
BuilderToulon shipyard, plans by Sané[1]
Laid downDecember 1804[1]
Launched8 August 1806[1]
Commissioned15 June 1807[1]
Decommissioned1 December 1814[1]
FateScrapped 1885
General characteristics
Class & typeCommerce de Paris-class ship of the line
Length62.5 m (205 ft 1 in)
Beam16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draught8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Complement1,060 men
Armament

Career

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She was offered to the French Navy by a subscription of Paris merchants on 27 May 1803 and started as Ville de Paris. She was renamed Commerce de Paris on 21 November 1804.[1]

In 1808, she served as flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron under Vice-admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume[2] and Counter-admiral Julien Cosmao,[3] with Captain Violette as her flag captain.[2][3] In 1809, Ganteaume transferred on Majestueux.[4] In June 1809, command of Commerce de Paris was transferred to Captain Brouard.[5]

On 29 August 1814, after the Hundred Days, she was transferred from Toulon to Brest, along with Austerlitz and Wagram, where she was decommissioned. From 1822 to 1825, she was razeed by one battery. In 1830, she was renamed Commerce, then Borda in 1839. She was used as a school ship from 1840, replacing Orion.[6] Renamed Vulcain in 1863, she was eventually scrapped in 1885.[1]

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Roche, vol.1, p. 122
  2. 1 2 Fond Marine, p. 372
  3. 1 2 Fond Marine, p. 373
  4. ↑ Fond Marine, p.396
  5. ↑ Fond Marine, p.397
  6. ↑ Roche, vol.1, p. 336

Bibliography

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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