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 depended on the two colum ...
of the
French Navy
The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
, designed in 1804 by
Jacques-Noël Sané
Jacques-Noël Sané (18 February 1740, Brest – 22 August 1831, Paris) was a French naval engineer. He was the conceptor of standardised designs for ships of the line and frigates fielded by the French Navy in the 1780s, which served during the ...
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
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, in 1810–1811, but these were never completed and were
broken up
Ship-breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction ...
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 province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...
, but these were never
laid down
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship.
Keel laying is one o ...
.
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
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
, but only one was ordered; two more ships to be same design were ordered in 1812 to be built at Amsterdam and at
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
, 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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