Career
Ordered:	17 January 1788
Laid down:	May 1789
Launched:	31 March 1798
Status:	Sold out of the Service, 1890. Foundered on Blackpool Sands, 16 June 1897.
General Characteristics
Displacement:	2054.7 tons
Length:	184 ft on the gundeck; 151 ft 5 5/8 in keel
Beam:	50 ft 6 in
Draught:	23 ft
Propulsion:	Sails
Speed:
Range:	No fuel, so limited only by provisions
Complement:	650 officers and men
Armament:	80 guns: Lower gundeck: 30 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs Quarter deck: 14 × 12 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 12 pdrs; 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 6 x 18 pdr carronades

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Foudroyant.

HMS Foudroyant was an 80-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built in Plymouth, and launched on 31 March 1798.^[1] She was named for the 80-gun Foudroyant, captured from the French on 28 February 1758.^[2] This Foudroyant was a one-off design, differing from the British norm, and following French practise, by mounting the 80 guns on two decks rather than 3, as was typical of the British second rate. Nelson used Foudroyant as his flagship from 6 June 1799 until the end of June 1801. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... The carronade was a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, similar to a mortar, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland. ... In the British Royal Navy, a second-rate was a ship of the line mounting 90 to 98 guns, typically built with three gun decks. ... Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Plymouth is a city in the southwest of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lord Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he lost his life. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ...

Service History

Foudroyant had a long and successful career, and although she was not involved in any major fleet action, she did provide invaluable service to numerous admirals throughout her 17 years on active service, and in her later life she helped train boys in the ways of the sea.

French Revolutionary War

Foudroyant was first commissioned on 25 May 1798, under the command of Captain Thomas Byard. His command of the ship lasted only until 31 October when, after bringing the ship back to Plymouth, he died. Captain William Butterfield temporarily took command of the ship, before being transferred to Hazard just twelve days later. The French Revolutionary Wars occurred between the outbreak of war between the French Revolutionary government and Austria in 1792 and the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ...

Captain John Elphinstone took up command of the ship on 26 November 1798, in Cawsand Bay. Lord Keith hoisted his flag in her on 28 November, and Foudroyant departed to join the Mediterranean Squadron on 5 December. After arriving at Gibraltar, Keith shifted his flag to Barfleur on 31 December, and Captain Elphinstone left the ship the following day, being replaced by Captain James Richard Dacres. Dacres' command lasted for four months, before he was replaced on 22 March 1799 by Captain William Brown. Foudroyant sailed from Gibraltar on 11 May, calling at Port Mahon before arriving at Palermo on 7 June. At this time, Brown transferred to Vanguard, and Captain Thomas Hardy took over the command. The following day, Lord Nelson hoisted his flag in Foudroyant. November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (1746-1823), British admiral, fifth son of the 10th Lord Elphinstone, was born in Elphinstone Tower, near Stirling, on the 7th of January 1746. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782: surrender of the Ville de Paris by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1783, shows Hoods Barfleur, centre, attacking the French flagship Ville de Paris, right, at the Battle of the Saintes. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... The Irish surname MacMahon is not related. ... Palermo (Palermo in Italian, Palermu, Palemmu, Paliermu or Paliemmu in Sicilian) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy as well as the capital of the Province of Palermo. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... The fifth HMS Vanguard, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. ... This article is about the naval officer. ...

Over the following months, Foudroyant was involved in the efforts to return the Neapolitan royal family to Naples. Nelson's fleet arrived in Naples^[3], without the royal family at this time, on 24 June, and landed 500 marines in support of the Neapolitans. A series of reprisals against known insurgents followed, during which time more than one court martial was held at the invitation of the Neapolitan officers, resulting in hangings in some cases. Whilst Foudroyant was in Naples harbour, Nelson began his affair with Emma, Lady Hamilton. The ship departed Naples on 6 August, in company with the frigate Syren, and the Portuguese ship Principe Real. Foudroyant also transported the Sardinian royal family to Leghorn on 22 September. The Kingdom of Naples was born out of the division of the Kingdom of Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law. ... Emma Hamilton, in one of dozens of portraits by George Romney, at the height of her beauty in the 1780s Emma Hamilton, after the portraits by George Romney Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante, by Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1790-1791. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont, with Savoia upper left (pink) and Nizza (Nice) lower left (brown) both now French, and Sardinia in the inset The Kingdom of Sardinia is a former kingdom in Italy. ... Livorno, sometimes in English Leghorn, (population 170,000) is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ...

On 13 October, Foudroyant entered Port Mahon harbour, and Captain Hardy was succeeded in command by Captain Sir Edward Berry. 22 October found Foudroyant back at Palermo. Nelson remained ashore when the ship departed for Gozo on 29 October, with Minotaur. In November, after weathering a storm in Palermo harbour, Foudroyant departed once more, this time with Culloden, and ran aground in the Straits of Messina. With Culloden's assistance, it was possible to haul the ship off and into deep water. On 6 December a large part of the 89th regiment embarked on Foudroyant^[4]. The soldiers were landed at St. Paul's Bay on the 10th. She was back at Palermo on 15 January 1800, when Lord Nelson hoisted his flag in her once again, and Foudroyant sailed on to Leghorn, arriving on the 21st, where she received salutes from Danish and Neapolitan frigates, and two Russian ships of the line. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry Bart, K.C.B. (1768–1831), was an officer in Britains Royal Navy primarily known for his role as flag captain of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelsons ship HMS Vanguard at the Battle of the Nile, prior to his knighthood in 1798. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... Gozo is an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, second in size to the island of Malta. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Satellite photo of the Strait of Messina, taken June 2002. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... St Pauls Bay is situated in the north east of the island of Malta, 16km from the capital city Valletta. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ...

Sicilian soldiers were embarked on 11 February, and Foudroyant sailed the next day for Malta, in company with Alexander, Northumberland (both 74s), and Success (32). On 18 February, the squadron began a chase of a squadron of three French ships — Le Généreux (74), Badine (28), and Fauvette (20). Alexander forced one of the frigates to surrender, whilst Success engaged Le Généreux, and the two ships exhanged a couple of broadsides before Foudroyant came up and fired into the French ship of the line. Le Généreux struck her colours^[5], and it was discovered that Rear-Admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée, the commander-in-chief of the French navy in the Meditteranean was aboard her, and had been killed at the start of the action. His ships had been carrying troops intended to relieve Malta, and their failure to arrive significantly harmed the French hold on Malta, and the British blockade of the island was proving successful. February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

At the beginning of March, Nelson having been taken ill was left at Palermo, and on 25 March she sailed for Malta once more. On 29 March, Foudroyant encountered the sloop Bonne Cityonne, and from her Berry learned that French ships were expected to leave Valetta that evening. Guillaume Tell put to sea on the evening of the 30th, and fell in with Lion and Penelope. As day broke and the scene became apparent, Foudroyant manœuvred to pistol range of the French ship — the last remaining ship to have escape Aboukir (Le Généreux being the only other), and further intensified the battle. Foudroyant's log notes that at one point during the battle, the French colours were nailed to the stump of her mizzen mast. However, Guillaume Tell eventually struck her colours, but not before Foudroyant had lost her fore topmast and main topsail yard. Aboard her was Rear-Admiral Decres. Later in the day, Foudroyant's mizzen mast fell, having been damaged during the battle. Lion took Foudroyant in tow for a time, whilst a jury rig was set up. She entered Syracuse on 3 April. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... St Johns Co-Cathedral Valletta, population 7048 (official estimate for 2000), is the capital of Malta. ... HMS Lion was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched on September 3, 1777 at Portsmouth Dockyard. ... Abū Qīr (Arabic أبو قير) (also Abukir or Aboukir) was a village on the Egypt, twenty-three kilometers (fourteen and one-half miles) northeast of Alexandria by rail, containing a castle used as a state prison by Muhammad Ali of Egypt. ... Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...

On 3 June, the Neapolitan king and queen boarded the ship, as well as Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma. The royal family departed the ship after their arrival in Leghorn on 15 June, and just two weeks later Nelson hauled down his flag, and began the journey home to England overland, with the Hamiltons. Lord Keith raised his flag in Foudroyant for the second time on 15 August, returning the ship to Gibraltar on 13 September. Captain Berry transferred out of the ship on 2 November for the 38-gun frigate Princess Charlotte. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... William Hamilton Sir William Douglas Hamilton (December 13, 1730–April 6, 1803) was a Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and volcanologist. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ...

Captain Philip Beaver took over the command on 17 November, and sailed into the Eastern Mediterranean with a fleet of 51 vessels, many armed en flûte and carrying the 16,150 men of General Sir Ralph Abercromby's force, which was intended to drive the French out of Egypt. Keith used his ships to reduce the castle at the entrance of Abukir Bay, which eventually fell to the British on the 18 March 1801. A French counter-attack on 21 March by some 14,000 men, although ending in defeat, caused General Abercromby a severe injury, and he died aboard Foudroyant a week after the battle. Foudroyant lay off Alexandria until June, and on 17 June Captain Beaver was transferred to Determinée, being replaced by Captain John Clarke Searle. When the Treaty of Amiens was signed, bringing the war to an end in 1802, Searle paid the ship off at Plymouth on 26 July. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Sir Ralph Abercromby (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (October 7, 1734–March 28, 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... Alexandria Modern Alexandria. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... The Treaty of Amiens was signed on March 25, 1802 (Germinal 4, year X in the French Revolutionary Calendar) by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquis Cornwallis as a Definitive Treaty of Peace between France and the United Kingdom. ... --69. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...

Napoleonic Wars

In January 1803, Foudroyant was docked in Plymouth for a somewhat major repair. The ship was recommissioned under the command of Captain Peter Spicer on 11 June. Her former captain, now Rear Admiral Sir James Richard Dacres, hoisted his flag on the same day, and remained aboard until 28 October. Two days later, Rear Admiral of the White Sir Thomas Graves hoisted his flag. Captain Peter Paget took over the command on 27 February 1804, though for most of his time officially in command, he was out of the ship, with Christopher Nesham in acting command until Paget officially left the ship on 31 May 1805. After serving with the Channel Fleet for a time, Foudroyant returned to dock on 26 March 1804 for repairs. Combatants Allies: Great Britain (until 1801)/United Kingdom(from 1801) Prussia Austria Sweden Russia Ottoman Empire Portugal Spain and others France Denmark-Norway Kingdom of Bavaria Grand Duchy of Berg Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt Kingdom of Holland Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Saxony Grand Duchy of Warsaw... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (ca. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Channel Fleet is the historical name used for the group of Royal Navy warships that defended the waters of the English Channel. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

24 February 1805 saw Captain Edward Kendall take over the command, and in June Foudroyant was flagship of Grave's fleet, consisting of Barfleur, Raisonnable, Repulse, Triumph, Warrior, Windsor Castle, and Egyptienne blockading the French port of Rochefort. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782: surrender of the Ville de Paris by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1783, shows Hoods Barfleur, centre, attacking the French flagship Ville de Paris, right, at the Battle of the Saintes. ... HMS Raisonnable was a 64-gun 3rd rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, named for the ship of the same name captured from the French in 1758. ... Rochefort is the name of several communes in France, of a municipality in Belgium and a commune in Switzerland: Rochefort in the Charente-Maritime département of France Rochefort in the Côte-dOr département of France Rochefort in the Savoie département of France Rochefort, Belgium Rochefort...

Command of the ship passed to Captain John Douglas on 9 December temporarily, before Captain John Chambers White assumed command on the 13th. On 13 March 1806, Foudroyant was invovled in an action between some ships of the fleet and two French vessels - Marengo of 80 guns, and Belle Poule of 40. Both ships were captured and taken into the navy. On 24 November Captain Richard Peacock took command of the ship, and Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren hoisted his flag in Foudroyant on 19 December. John Douglas (July 14, 1721 – May 18, 1807) was a Scottish scholar and Anglican bishop. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Belle-Poule was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, built fromplans by Jacques-Noël Sané and Borda. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sir John Borlase Warren (1753-1822), English admiral, was born at Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, on the 2nd of September 1753, being the son and heir of John Boriase Warren (d. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rear Admiral Sir Albermarle Bertie raised his flag in Foudroyant on 20 May 1807, and remained in the ship until 17 November. Peacock's command passed to Captain Thompson on 31 May. Foudroyant joined with Admiral Sir Sidney Smith's squadron blockading Lisbon.^[6] Smith hoisted his flag in Foudroyant on 24 January 1808. Captain Charles Marsh Schomberg took command of the ship on 6 June.^[7] On 12 March Foudroyant parted company for South America, arriving in Río de Janeiro in August. Captain John Davie took command on 25 January 1809, and then Captain Richard Hancock on 17 May. Smith transferred his flag to Diana on the same day. From 25 May, Foudroyant was in company with Agamemnon, Elizabeth, Bedford, Mutine, Mistletoe and Brilliant, escorting a convoy. On 8 June they entered Moldonado Bay at the mouth of the Río de la Platta, and Agamemnon struck rocks, and was wrecked. Foudroyant assisted in taking off men and stores from the stricken ship, and no lives were lost. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... There have been a number of people named Sidney Smith: Sidney Smith (admiral) Sidney Smith (politician) Sidney Smith (artist) See also Sydney Smith for a list of people by that name This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiros waterfront and the Morro de Castello from the Ilha das Cobras in 1919 by Harriet Chalmers Adams A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... HMS Agamemnon was a Royal Navy third-rate ship of the line with an armament of 64 guns. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ...

Foudroyant remained in the Río area until August 1812, when she returned to England, entering Cawsand Bay on 21 October, and entering Plymouth on 6 November. Hancock departed the ship on 30 November, and then Foudroyant lay at her anchor until 26 January 1815, when she was taken into dock for a large repair that lasted 4 years. 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Post War & Fate

When Foudroyant came out of dock in 1819, she took up her role as guard ship in Plymouth until about 1860. Throughout this period she was in and out of dock on several occasions for repairs. In 1862 she was converted into a gunnery training vessel, until she was sold out of the navy in 1890 to Wheatley Cobb, who used the ship as a boy's training vessel. During a fund-raising voyage around the coast of Great Britain, on 16 June 1897 she was wrecked on Blackpool Sands. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

As a replacement, Cobb purchased the 44-gun frigate Trincomalee, and renamed her Foudroyant in the previous ship's honour. This Foudroyant remained in service until 1991, when she was taken to Hartlepool and renamed back to Trincomalee. HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda class sailing frigate built shortly following the end of the Napoleonic War. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hartlepool (pronounced HART-le-pool) is a town and North Sea port in North East England. ...

See also

• HMS Trincomalee - the 44-gun frigate of 1817 purchased by Mr Cobb as a replacement for Foudroyant, and renamed Foudroyant in her honour.

HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda class sailing frigate built shortly following the end of the Napoleonic War. ...

Notes

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