French ship Tonnant (1743)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Tonnant.
Tonnant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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Vaisseau de 80 canons
Ship of 80 guns. Text and drawings made by Nicolas Ozanne (1764) | |
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France | |
Name | Tonnant |
Namesake | Thundering |
Ordered | 12 June 1740 |
Builder | Toulon |
Laid down | 18 October 1740 |
Launched | 17 November 1743 |
In service | June 1744 |
Stricken | April 1780 |
Fate | Broken up November 1780 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1700 tonnes |
Length | 54.6 m (179 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 14.9 m (48 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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She was the flagship of the French fleet at the Second battle of Cape Finisterre, and later took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay, and in the American War of Independence.
She was broken up in 1780.[1]