French ship Foudroyant
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Foudroyant ("Lightning"):
- Foudroyant (1669), a 70-gun ship of the line
- Foudroyant(1691), an 82-gun ship of the line
- Foudroyant, renamed Soleil-Royal in 1693
- Foudroyant (1694), a 104-gun ship of the line
- Foudroyant (1724), a 110-gun ship of the line
- Foudroyant (1751), an 80-gun ship of the line which in 1758 was captured by the British Navy, becoming HMS Foudroyant
- Foudroyant (1799), an 80-gun ship of the line
- Foudroyant a Prame (a vessel propelled by oars and sails) of 12 guns of 24 pounds[1]
- Foudroyant (1885), a central battery and barbette battleship of the Redoutable type
- Foudroyant (44), a Adroit class destroyer
- Fleuret, a Hardi class destroyer later renamed to Foudroyant
- Foudroyant (S610), a ballistic missile submarine of the Redoutable type
Also, HMS Implacable, originally French ship Duguay-Trouin, was renamed Foudroyant before being scuttled.
References
- ↑ l'Amiral Baudin by Vice Amiral Jurien de la Graviers
See also
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