French ship Foudroyant

Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Foudroyant ("Lightning"):

  • Foudroyant (1669), a 70-gun ship of the line
  • Foudroyant (1691), an 82-gun ship of the line
  • Foudroyant, renamed Soleil-Royal in 1693
  • Foudroyant (1694), a 104-gun ship of the line
  • Foudroyant (1724), a 110-gun ship of the line
  • Foudroyant (1751), an 80-gun ship of the line which in 1758 was captured by the British Navy, becoming HMS Foudroyant
  • Foudroyant (1799), an 80-gun ship of the line
  • Foudroyant (1800) a prame (a vessel propelled by oars and sails) of 12 guns of 24 pounds[1]
  • Foudroyant, a central battery and barbette battleship of the Redoutable type
  • Foudroyant (1929), a L'Adroit-class destroyer
  • Fleuret, a Le Hardi-class destroyer later renamed Foudroyant
  • Foudroyant (S610), a ballistic missile submarine of the Redoutable type

Also, HMS Implacable, originally French ship Duguay-Trouin, was renamed Foudroyant before being scuttled.

See also

References

  1. ↑ l'Amiral Baudin by Vice Amiral Jurien de la Graviers
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