Commerce de Marseilles

Print. Coloured etching showing the the port side of the Commerce de Marseilles (1788), which was captured from the French at the Siege of Toulon and added 29 August 1793. Commerce de Marseiiles was an 118 gun, first rate three deck ship of the line of the French Navy and a lead ship of the Ocean Class. She is shown moored in placid water, the rigging clear, with sails closely furled along the yards of all three masts. The French flag (jack) flies at the bow and stern and the ensign of the French Navy from the main mast.

Object Details

ID: PAD6037
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sewell, John
Vessels: Commerce de Marseilles 1788 [French navy]
Date made: 21 Mar 1801
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 185 mm x 256 mm