Name Tonnerre Builder Brest Commissioned 21 July 1808 Launched 9 June 1808 Weight 2,966 tons | Ordered 16 April 1794 Laid down 22 September 1794 Construction started 22 September 1794 Length 56 m Beam 15 m | |
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Renamed Quatorze Juillet (1795) | ||
The Tonnerre was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Started in 1794, she remained under construction until 1808. Under captain de la Roncière, she joined the Rochefort squadron in February 1809.
At the Battle of the Basque Roads, she was beached on 12 April. Her crew then scuttle her by fire to avoid her capture.
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