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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

Tonnant-class ship of the line

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: Toulon Begun: December 1787 Launched: 24 October 1789 Completed September 1790 Fate: Captured 2 August 1798, added to Royal Navy as HMS Tonnant, broken up 1821
  • Indomptable
    • Builder: Brest Begun: September 1788 Launched: 20 December 1790 Completed: February 1791 Fate: Ran aground after the Battle of Trafalgar October 1805
  • Sans Pareil
    • Builder: Brest Begun: October 1790 Launched: 8 June 1793 Completed: September 1793 Fate: Captured 1 June 1794 by the Royal Navy, broken up October 1842
  • Formidable
    • Builder: Toulon Begun: August 1794 Launched: 17 March 1795 Completed: October 1795 Fate: Captured 3 November 1805 during Battle of Cape Ortegal, renamed HMS Brave, broken up
  • Guillaume Tell
    • Builder: Toulon Begun: September 1794 Launched: 21 October 1795 Completed: July 1796 Fate: Captured 30 March 1800
  • Franklin
    • Builder: Toulon Begun: November 1794 Launched: 25 June 1797 Completed: March 1798 Fate: Captured 2 August 1798 in the battle of the Nile, renamed HMS Canopus, broken up October 1887
  • Indivisible
    • Builder: Brest Begun: May 1793 Launched: 8 July 1799 Completed: October 1799 Fate: Renamed Alexandre 1802, captured by Britain 1805, broken up 1822
  • Foudroyant
    • Builder: Rochefort Ordered: December 1793 Launched: 18 May 1799 Completed: August 1800 Fate: Broken up 1834

    References

    Tonnant-class ship of the line Wikipedia
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