French ship Commerce de Bordeaux (1785)
Commerce de Bordeaux was a 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 Ships of the line of the French Navy Téméraire-class ships of the line Don des vaisseaux Ships built in France Maritime incidents in 1798 Ship fires Scuttled vessels Naval magazine explosions Shipwrecks of Egypt Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea 1785 ships