History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameFoudroyant
Namesake
Laid down1793
Launched18 May 1799
RenamedDix-huit fructidor, 1798
FateBroken up in 1834
General characteristics
Class and typeTonnant-class ship of the line
Displacement1800 tonnes
Length59.3 m (194 ft 7 in)
Beam15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
Draught7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Foudroyant ("Lightning") was a Tonnant-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She was started in Rochefort from 1793, and renamed to Dix-huit fructidor in 1798 in honour of the Coup of 18 fructidor an V, as she was still on keel but reverted to Foudroyant in February 1800.

She took part in cruises in the Caribbean under Villaret de Joyeuse.

On 15 September 1806, while under jury rig some 15 miles (24 km) off Havana, she encountered HMS Anson, under Captain Charles Lydiard. Anson, mistakenly believing Foudroyant distressed, attacked, and was driven off.

She took part in the Battle of the Basque Roads.

She was eventually broken up in 1834.

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 211. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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