Tonnant class ship of the line

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Name Tonnant Succeeded by Bucentaure class		Preceded by Saint-Esprit class In commission 1790–1834

Builders Toulon, Brest and Rochefort Operators French Navy Royal Navy

The Tonnant Class was a class of eight 80-gun ships of the line designed in 1787 by Jacques-Noël Sané. From 1802 a new group (the Bucentaure class) was begun of slightly modified design, of which more than 24 were begun.

Tonnant Class (8 ships)

Tonnant

Builder: ToulonBegun: December 1787Launched: 24 October 1789Completed September 1790Fate: Captured 2 August 1798, added to Royal Navy as HMS Tonnant, broken up 1821

Indomptable

Builder: BrestBegun: September 1788Launched: 20 December 1790Completed: February 1791Fate: Ran aground after the Battle of Trafalgar October 1805

Sans Pareil

Builder: BrestBegun: October 1790Launched: 8 June 1793Completed: September 1793Fate: Captured 1 June 1794 by the Royal Navy, broken up October 1842

Formidable

Builder: ToulonBegun: August 1794Launched: 17 March 1795Completed: October 1795Fate: Captured 3 November 1805 during Battle of Cape Ortegal, renamed HMS Brave, broken up

Guillaume Tell

Builder: ToulonBegun: September 1794Launched: 21 October 1795Completed: July 1796Fate: Captured 30 March 1800

Franklin

Builder: ToulonBegun: November 1794Launched: 25 June 1797Completed: March 1798Fate: Captured 2 August 1798 in the battle of the Nile, renamed HMS Canopus, broken up October 1887

Indivisible

Builder: BrestBegun: May 1793Launched: 8 July 1799Completed: October 1799Fate: Renamed Alexandre 1802, captured by Britain 1805, broken up 1822

Foudroyant

Builder: RochefortOrdered: December 1793Launched: 18 May 1799Completed: August 1800Fate: Broken up 1834

References

Tonnant-class ship of the line Wikipedia

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