French ship Le Foudroyant (1751)

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Capture of the Foudroyant by the British Monmouth, 28 February 1758
Career (France) French Royal Navy Ensign
Name: Le Foudroyant
Namesake: 'The lightening one'
Builder: Toulon shipyard, plans by F. Coulomb
Laid down: 1748
Launched: 1750
Honours and
awards:

Participated in:
Captured: 28 February 1758, by Royal Navy
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Foudroyant
Acquired: 28 February 1758
Fate: Sold, 1787
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 80-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1979 tons (2010.8 tonnes)
Length: 180 ft 5 in (55.0 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 50 ft 3 in (15.3 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft (7.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

80 guns:

  • Gundeck: 30 × 36 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 18 × 8 pdrs
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Le Foudroyant and HMS Foudroyant.

The Foudroyant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She took part in the Battle of Minorca, fighting the British flagship HMS Ramillies.

Part of La Clue's squadron, she was captured off Cartagena, Spain[2] on 28 February 1758 by Monmouth, Hampton Court and Swiftsure.

She was commissioned in the Royal Navy as the third rate HMS Foudroyant. She underwent a rebuild in 1774, and was sold out of the navy in 1787.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.
  2. ^ Toll, Six Frigates p7.

[edit] References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Toll, Ian (2006). Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy. New York: W.W.Norton. ISBN 0-393058-47-6.

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