French ship Tonnerre (1808)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Tonnerre.
Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of French ship Tonnerre (1808), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
Career (France)
Name: Tonnerre
Ordered: 16 April 1794
Builder: Brest
Laid down: 22 September 1794
Launched: 9 June 1808
Commissioned: 21 July 1808
Renamed: Quatorze Juillet (1795)
General characteristics
Class and type:Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement:2966 tonnes
5260 tonnes fully loaded
Length:55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam:14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught:7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion:Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:74 guns:
16 × 8-pounder long guns
4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour:Timber

The Tonnerre was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Started in 1794, she remained under construction until 1808. Under captain de la Roncière, she joined the Rochefort squadron in February 1809.

At the Battle of the Basque Roads, she was beached on 12 April. Her crew then scuttle her by fire to avoid her capture.

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