HMS Foudroyant (1758)

Foudroyant at the Battle of Minorca (1756)
History
France
Name	Foudroyant
Builder	Toulon shipyard
Laid down	August 1748
Launched	18 December 1750
Commissioned	April 1751
Captured	28 February 1758, by the Royal Navy
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Minorca (1756)
Great Britain
Name	HMS Foudroyant
Acquired	Captured on 28 February 1758 Purchased by Admiralty order on 6 December 1758
Commissioned	June 1759
Fate	Broken up by 26 September 1787
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Ushant Relief of Gibraltar
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	80-gun Third Rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	206157⁄94(bm)
Length	180 ft 5 in (54.99 m) (gundeck)
Beam	50 ft 3 in (15.32 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft (7.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	French service: Gundeck: 30 × 36-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 32 × 18-pounder guns QD: 18 × 8-pounder guns

The Foudroyant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was later captured and served in the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HMS Foudroyant.^[1]

Following the Royal Navy tradition she is identified by the date of her introduction to the British navy (in this case post-dating the date of her construction).