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	2,966 tonnes; 5,260 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.

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