The body of the ship was built on the dockyard of the Gironde Works in the province of Bordeaux and was named for Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Bordeaux's most famous statesman of the French Revolution.
The body of the ship was built on the dockyard of the Gironde Works in the province of Bordeaux. The body of the ship was named for Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud. Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud was Bordeaux's most famous statesman of the French Revolution.