French ship Le Foudroyant

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Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Le Foudroyant ("Thunderbolt"):

• Le Foudroyant (1668), a 70-gun ship of the line
• Le Foudroyant(1691), a 82-gun ship of the line
• Le Foudroyant, renamed Soleil-Royal in 1693
• Le Foudroyant (1693), a 104-gun ship of the line
• Le Foudroyant (1724), a 110-gun ship of the line
• Le Foudroyant (1751), a 80-gun ship of the line
• Le Foudroyant (1799), a 80-gun ship of the line
• Le Foudroyant (1885), a central battery and barbette battleship of the Redoutable type
• Le Foudroyant (44), a L'Adroit class destroyer
• Fleuret, a Le Hardi class destroyer later renamed to Foudroyant
• Le Foudroyant (S610), a ballistic missile submarine of the Le Redoutable type

Also, HMS Implacable, originally French ship Duguay-Trouin, was renamed Foudroyant before being scuttled.

[edit] See also

• HMS Foudroyant