HMS Tonnant (1792)

HMS Tonnant was a 3rd rate ship of the line of 80 guns, built in 1792 as the French ship Tonnant ("Thundering"). She fought in the battles of Genoa (14 March 1795) and the Nile (1 August 1798), where she was captured by the British. At the battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) she was commanded by Captain Charles Tyler and captured the French ship Algesiras of 74 guns. In the war of 1812 she was at the battle of New Orleans. She was broken up in 1821.

See HMS Tonnant for other ships of this name.

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