French ship Tonnant (1743)

Vaisseau de 80 canons Ship of 80 guns. Text and drawings made by Nicolas Ozanne (1764)
History
France
Name	Tonnant
Namesake	Thundering
Ordered	12 June 1740
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	18 October 1740
Launched	17 November 1743
In service	June 1744
Stricken	April 1780
Fate	Broken up November 1780
General characteristics
Displacement	1700 tonnes
Length	54.6 m (179 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.9 m (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	80 guns: 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 18-pounders 18 × 8-pounders
Armour	Timber

Tonnant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She was the flagship of the French fleet at the Second battle of Cape Finisterre, and later took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay, and in the American War of Independence.

She was broken up in 1780.^[1]