The Ville de Marseille was a Téméraire class

Téméraire class ship of the line

The Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built....

 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy

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In 1827, she was upgraded to 80 guns. The next year, she took part in operations in Easter Mediterranean under captain Cuvillier.

She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830

Invasion of Algiers in 1830

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 as a troop ship. The next year, she took part in the raid on the river Tage

Tage

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. In 1835 and 1836, she ferried troops to Algeria, before being refitted in 1841.

The Ville de Marseille took part in the Crimean war

Crimean War

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as a troopship, and in the Bombardment of Sevastopol. As one of the oldest ships in the navy, she was sent back to France in late 1854.

She was used as a barracks hulk from 1858, and eventually broken up in Toulon in 1877.