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{{short description|Ship of the line of the French Navy}}

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|Ship country=France
|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Kingdom of France|naval}} [[Image:Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg|border|50px|French Navy Ensign]] {{Shipboxflag|France|naval}}
|Ship name=''Commerce de Bordeaux''
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|Ship builder=Toulon
|Ship laid down=September 1784
|Ship launched=15 September 1785
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|Ship in service=1786
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|Ship renamed=''Timoléon'' in February 1794
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|Ship fate=Ran aground and burnt at the [[Battle of the Nile]], August 1798
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|Header caption=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |title=La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques |first=Alain |last=Clouet |work=dossiersmarine.free.fr |year=2007 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323150546/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_v_V4.html |archivedate=23 March 2013 }}</ref>
|Ship class={{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line}}
|Ship displacement=*1,966 [[tonne]]s
*3,260 tonnes fully loaded
|Ship length={{convert|55.87|m|ft}} (172 [[Pied du roi|pied]])
|Ship beam={{convert|14.90|m|ftin}}
|Ship draught={{convert|7.26|m|ft}} (22 [[Pied du roi|pied]])
|Ship propulsion=Up to {{convert|2485|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of sails
|Ship armament=*74 guns:
*Lower gundeck: 28 × [[36-pounder long gun]]s
*Upper gundeck: 30 × [[18-pounder long gun]]s
*Forecastle and Quarter deck:
**16 × [[8-pounder long gun]]s
**4 × 36-pounder [[carronade]]s
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[[File:Battle of the Nile 1798.jpg|thumb|''Timoleon'' at the Battle of the Nile 1798]]
'''''Commerce de Bordeaux''''' was a {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line|0}} [[74-gun]] [[ship of the line]] of the [[French Navy]]. She was funded by a ''[[don des vaisseaux]]'' donation from [[Bordeaux]].

Renamed '''''Timoléon''''' in February 1794, she took part in the [[Battle of the Nile]] under captain [[Louis-Léonce Trullet]]. In the confusion of the battle, her rudder was damaged by misdirected fire from the neighbouring ''Généreux''. She fought for three days, eventually running aground and set on fire by her crew. She exploded around noon on 2 August, the last fighting French ship of the battle.

==See also==
* [[List of ships of the line of France]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{1798 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:Shipwrecks of Egypt]]
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