Tonnant class ship of the line
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| 300px A Tonnant-class ship of the line, HMS Canopus, the former Franklin | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Tonnant |
| Builders: | Toulon, Brest and Rochefort |
| Operators: |  French Navy Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Deux Frères |
| Succeeded by: | Bucentaure class |
| Completed: | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 1800 tonnes |
| Length: | 59.3 metres |
| Beam: | 15.3 metres |
| Draught: | 7.8 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: |
80 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
| Notes: |
Ships in class include: Tonnant, Indomptable, Sans Pareil, Formidable, Guillaume Tell, Franklin, Indivisible, Foudroyant, |
The Tonnant Class was a class of eight 80-gun ships of the line designed in 1787 by Jacques-Noël Sané. From 1802 a new group (the Bucentaure class) was begun of slightly modified design, of which more than 24 were begun.
Tonnant Class (8 ships)
- Builder: Toulon
- Begun: December 1787
- Launched: 24 October 1789
- Completed September 1790
- Fate: Captured 2 August 1798, added to Royal Navy as HMS Tonnant, broken up 1821
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: September 1788
- Launched: 20 December 1790
- Completed: February 1791
- Fate: Ran aground after the Battle of Trafalgar October 1805
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: October 1790
- Launched: 8 June 1793
- Completed: September 1793
- Fate: Captured 1 June 1794 by the Royal Navy, broken up October 1842
- Builder: Toulon
- Begun: August 1794
- Launched: 17 March 1795
- Completed: October 1795
- Fate: Captured 3 November 1805 during Battle of Cape Ortegal, renamed HMS Brave, broken up
- Builder: Toulon
- Begun: September 1794
- Launched: 21 October 1795
- Completed: July 1796
- Fate:Captured 30 March 1800
- Builder: Toulon
- Begun: November 1794
- Launched: 25 June 1797
- Completed: March 1798
- Fate: Captured 2 August 1798 in the battle of the Nile, renamed HMS Canopus, broken up October 1887
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: May 1793
- Launched: 8 July 1799
- Completed: October 1799
- Fate: Renamed Alexandre 1802, captured by Britain 1805, BU 1822
- Builder: Rochefort
- Ordered: December 1793
- Launched: 18 May 1799
- Completed: August 1800
- Fate: Broken up 1834
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