French ship Foudroyant (1800)
- French ship Foudroyant (1800)
The "Foudroyant" ("Lightening") was a "Tonnant" class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She was started in Rochefort from 1793, and renamed to "Dix-huit fructidor" in 1798, as she was still on keel. She was eventually launched as "Foudroyant".
She took part in cruises in the Caribbean under Villaret de Joyeuse.
On 15 September 1806, while under jury rig some 15 miles off Havana, she encountered the HMS "Anson". "Anson", mistakenly believing "Foudroyant" distressed, attacked, and was driven off.
She took part in the Battle of the Basque Roads.
She was eventually broken up in 1834.
External links
* [http://www.netmarine.net/bat/smarins/foudroya/ancien.htm Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Foudroyant]
* [http://www.histoirepassion.eu/spip.php?article539 1809 - Fouras (17) - La bataille des brûlots à bord du vaisseau "le Régulus"]
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