Talk:French ship Commerce de Marseille (1788)/@comment-92.184.100.158-20171027041029

Dimensions of the Commerce-de-Marseille, according to the Royal Navy's measurements : 208'4" (keel : 172' ⅛") × 54' 9½" × 25' ½" (63,50 ｍ × 16,70 ｍ × 7,63 ｍ), ２746.79 tons burthen = 274,679 cubic feet in hold ≈ ７778 ㎥ (William Laird Clowes & Clement Robert Markham, The Royal Navy : a History from the Earliest Times to the Present, volume 4, London, Sampson Low & Marston, 1897, p 154). According to Admiral Burgues de Missiessy, the displacement of such ships was ５032ｔ (SI) ≈ ４953 long tons ５547 short tons.

« […] ''that superb and powerful ship, the Commerce-de-Marseille, never sailed forth as a cruiser in the service of England. This ship measured 2747 tons. As the Commerce-de-Marseille was the largest, so was she the most beautiful ship that had hitherto been seen ; and, notwithstanding her immense size, sailed and worked like a frigate.'' » - William James, Naval History of Great Britain, volume ⅰ.