The ''Trocadéro'' was a
first-rate
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at ...
118-gun
ship 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 colu ...
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 ...
, of the
''Océan'' type, designed 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 ...
.
Ordered as ''Formidable'', she was commissioned in Toulon as ''Trocadéro'' in 1824.
On 23 March 1836, as she was refitting in Toulon, she was accidentally set afire. The fire destroyed her.
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L’incendie du Trocadéro à Toulon (1836) Nicolas Mioque
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La fin du Trocadéro, vaisseau de 1er rang (1836) Nicolas Mioque
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Ships of the line of the French Navy
Océan-class ships of the line
1824 ships
Ship fires
Maritime incidents in March 1836
Ships built in France