HMS Foudroyant

Survived

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	80 guns
War	French Revolutionary Wars

80-gun ship, at Tory Island. Nelson's flagship in 1799–1800; she took Guillaume Tell off Malta. Wrecked on the beach at Blackpool in 1897.

The Capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’, 30 March 1800 A painting detailing the capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’. She is shown on the left of the painting, with her last mast, the mizzen, falling forward over the starboard side, her ensign from the peak trailing in the water. This differs from the writte Photo: Thomas Luny, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

80 guns

Gundeck: 30 × 32-pounder guns
Upper gundeck: 32 × 24-pounder guns
QD: 14 × 12-pounder guns
Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns; 2 × 32-pounder carronades
Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

Builder	Plymouth Dock
Laid down	May 1789
Launched	31 March 1798
Length	184 ft 8+1⁄2 in (56.299 m)(gundeck)
Complement	650 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

31 March 1798

Battle of Tory Island

Survived

12 October 1798

Fate

Survived

Sold 1890. Foundered on Blackpool Sands, 16 June 1897.