HMS Tonnant
Survived
French Navy, then Royal Navy
| Type | Ship of the line |
|---|---|
| Rate | Third rate |
| Guns | 80 guns |
| Wars | French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars |
Service
| 1792–1798 | Tonnant | |
| from 1798 | Tonnant Captured at the Nile |
80-gun ship built at Toulon and captured at the Nile. At Trafalgar she took Algésiras by boarding; her captain, Charles Tyler, was wounded.
Armament and specifications
Armament
French service
- 30 × 36-pounder long guns
- 32 × 24-pounder long guns
- 18 × 12-pounder long guns
- 4 × obusiers de vaisseau
British service
- Lower deck: 32 × 32-pounder guns
- Upper deck: 32 × 18-pounder guns
- QD: 2 × 18-pounder guns + 14 × 32-pounder carronades
- Fc: 4 × 32-pounder carronades
| Laid down | November 1787 |
|---|---|
| Launched | 24 October 1789 |
| Displacement | 3,868 tonneaux |
| Length | 194 ft 2 in (59.2 m) (gundeck) 160 ft (48.8 m) (keel) |
| Complement | 700 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
24 October 1789
Battle of the Nile
Captured
1–3 August 1798 · French Revolutionary Wars
Du Petit Thouars killed
Joined the Royal Navy
1798 · Captured at the Nile
Battle of Trafalgar
Damaged
21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars
Took Algésiras
Fate
Survived
Broken up in March 1821