The ''Trocadéro'' was a

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118-gun

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of the

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, of the ''Océan'' type, designed by

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. Ordered as ''Formidable'', she was commissioned in Toulon as ''Trocadéro'' in 1824. On 24 March 1836, as she was refitting in Toulon, she was accidentally set afire. The fire destroyed her.Roche p.447

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L’incendie du Trocadéro à Toulon (1836)
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La fin du Trocadéro, vaisseau de 1er rang (1836)
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