The ''Commerce de Paris'' class were a series of
ships of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which involved the two column ...
of the
French Navy
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, designed in 1804 by
Jacques-Noël Sané
Jacques-Noël Sané (18 February 1740 – 22 August 1831) was a French shipwright. He was the creator of standardised designs for ship of the line, ships of the line and frigates fielded by the French Navy in the 1780s, which served during the Fr ...
as a shortened version of his 118-gun three-deckers, achieved by removing a pair of guns from each deck so that they became 110-gun ships. Two ships were built to this design in France. Four more were begun at
Antwerp
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in 1810–1811, but these were never completed and were
broken up
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on the ways; three more were ordered in
Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...
, but these were never
laid down
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Keel laying is one ...
.
Ships
*
:Builder: Toulon shipyard
:Ordered: 14 May 1804
:Laid down: October 1804
:Launched: 8 August 1806
:Completed: May 1807
:Fate:
razeed in 1825. Renamed ''Commerce'' on 11 August 1830, then ''Borda'' on 18 December 1839 and ''Vulcain'' on 18 August 1863; broken up in 1885.
*
''Duc d'Angoulême''
:Builder: Rochefort shipyard
:Ordered: 8 May 1804
:Laid down: April 1805
:Launched: 30 August 1814
:Completed: January 1815
:Fate: Renamed ''Iéna'' on 22 March 1815, reverting to ''Duc d'Angueleme'' on 15 July 1815; became ''Iéna'' again on 9 August 1830; broken up in 1886 (or 1915).
* ''Monarque'' (never finished; renamed ''Wagram'' on 15 December 1810)
:Builder: Antwerp shipyard
:Ordered: early 1810 (named 23 July 1810)
:Laid down: April 1810
:Fate: Sold and broken up on the ways in 1814
* ''Hymen'' (never finished)
:Builder: Antwerp shipyard
:Ordered: early 1810 (named 23 July 1810)
:Laid down: May 1810
:Fate: Sold and broken up on the ways in 1814
* ''Neptune'' (Never finished)
:Builder: Antwerp shipyard
:Ordered: 15 March 1811 (named 26 August 1811)
:Laid down: May 1811
:Fate: Sold and broken up on the ways in 1814
* ''Terrible'' (Never finished)
:Builder: Antwerp shipyard
:Ordered: 15 March 1811 (named 26 August 1811)
:Laid down: June 1811
:Fate: Sold and broken up on the ways in 1814
In October 1811 Napoleon asked for three 110-gun ships to be begun at
Amsterdam
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, but only one was ordered; two more ships to be same design were ordered in 1812 to be built at Amsterdam and at
Rotterdam
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, but none of the three was named or laid down, although prefabrication of the frame for the first had been begun during 1813.
References
* Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. .
External links
110/130-gun ships-of-the-line
110-gun ship of the line classes
Ship of the line classes from France
Ship classes of the French Navy
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