French ship Commerce de Bordeaux (1785)

French ship Commerce de Bordeaux (1785)

The "Commerce de Bordeaux" was a "Téméraire" class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She took part in the Battle of the Nile where she ran aground and was burnt by her crew.

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