French ship Ville de Marseille (1812)

	Watercolour by François Roux
History
France
Name	Ville de Marseille
Namesake	Marseille
Ordered	18 February 1811
Builder	Toulon harbour
Laid down	27 June 1811
Launched	15 August 1812
Commissioned	17 November 1812
Stricken	22 June 1858
Fate	broken up in Toulon in 1877.
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement	2966 tonnes; 5260 tonnes fully loaded;
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and quarter deck:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns; 4 × 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Ville de Marseille was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career[]

In January 1813, Louis-André Senez was given command of Ville de Marseille. At the Bourbon Restoration, she was tasked with ferrying Duke Louis Philippe d'Orléans from Palermo to France.^[1]

In 1827, she was upgraded to 80 guns. The next year, she took part in operations in Eastern Mediterranean under captain Cuvillier.^[2]

She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830 as a troop ship. The next year, she took part in the Battle of the Tagus under Captain Baron Lasusse. In 1835 and 1836, she ferried troops to Algeria, before being refitted in 1841.^[2]

Ville de Marseille took part in the Crimean war as a troopship, and in the Bombardment of Sevastopol. As one of the oldest ships in the navy, she was sent back to France in late 1854.^[2]

She was used as a barracks hulk from 1858, and eventually broken up in Toulon in 1877.^[2]

1/24-scale model of Ville de Marseille, on display at the maritime museum of Marseille

Notes and References[]

Notes

^ Quintin, p. 342
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Roche, p.469

External links

ships-of-the-line

Bibliography

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 341. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.

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[quintin342-1] Quintin, p. 342

[Roche469-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Roche, p.469

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