Tonnant-class ship of the line

Class overview
A Tonnant-class ship of the line, HMS Canopus, the former Franklin
Name:	Tonnant
Builders:	Toulon, Brest and Rochefort
Operators:	French Navy Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Saint-Esprit class
Succeeded by:	Bucentaure class
In commission:	1790–1834
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 30 36-pounders 32 24-pounders 18 12-pounders 4 36-pounder howitzers
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)

Tonnant

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

Indomptable

Builder: Brest

Begun: September 1788

Launched: 20 December 1790

Completed: February 1791

Fate: Ran aground after the Battle of Trafalgar October 1805

Sans Pareil

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

Formidable

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

Guillaume Tell

Builder: Toulon

Begun: September 1794

Launched: 21 October 1795

Completed: July 1796

Fate: Captured 30 March 1800

Franklin

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

Indivisible

Builder: Brest

Begun: May 1793

Launched: 8 July 1799

Completed: October 1799

Fate: Renamed Alexandre 1802, captured by Britain 1805, broken up 1822

Foudroyant

Builder: Rochefort

Ordered: December 1793

Launched: 18 May 1799

Completed: August 1800

Fate: Broken up 1834

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Tonnant-class ship-of-the-line

Tonnant Sans Pareil Indomptable Guillaume Tell Formidable Franklin Indivisible Foudroyant

Preceded by: Deux Frères Followed by: Bucentaure class List of ships of the line of France

French Navy ships classes timeline, 1750s–1850s — next »
Type	1750s-1760s				1770s-1780s				1790s-1800s				1810s-1820s				1830s-1840s
Type	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	00	05	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45
110-120 gun three-decker		Sans-Pareil class						Océan class
				Bretagne
							Terrible class						Commerce de Paris class
90-100 gun two-decker																Suffren class
90-100 gun two-decker																		Hercule class
80-gun two-decker			Saint-Esprit class
								Deux Frères				Bucentaure class
									Tonnant class
74-gun two-decker	Hector class
	Magnifique class
		Souverain class
		Diadème class
				Citoyen class
				Marseillois
					César class
							Magnanime class
							Annibal class
							Scipion class
							Pégase class
							Téméraire class
								Centaure class

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