- HMS Foudroyant
Two
Royal Navy ships have been named HMS "Foudroyant", the name derived from the French, meaning "Thunderbolt". A third was planned but later renamed:*HMS|Foudroyant|1758|6 was an 80-gun
third rate , captured from the French in 1758 and broken up in 1787.
*HMS|Foudroyant|1798|6 was an 80-gunsecond rate ship of the line , launched in 1798. She was used as aguardship from 1820, and atraining ship from 1862. She was sold in 1892 and used as a school ship until being wrecked in 1897.
*HMS "Foudroyant" was to have been abattleship . She was renamed HMS|Neptune|1909|6 shortly before her launch in 1909.ee also
*HMS "Trincomalee" was renamed "Foudroyant" in 1897 whilst serving as a replacement for the wrecked schoolship. She was renamed "Trincomalee" in 1991 and is currently preserved as a
museum ship .
*HMS "Implacable", originally the French ship "Duguay-Trouin", was renamed "Foudroyant" in 1943 before being scuttled in 1949.
* French ship "Le Foudroyant"
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