Tonnant

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The Tonnant (French: the thundering) was an 84-gun ship of the French Navy. The launch was in 1789. In the naval battle of Abukir (sea battle on the Nile) it became the property of the British Royal Navy. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar under the command of the Royal Navy .

Battle of Genoa and Battle of Abukir

The tonnant (left) in the sea ​​battle at Abukir on August 1, 1798 (painting by Louis Le Breton )

In the Battle of Genoa on March 13, 1795, the tonnant took part under the command of Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars . Their opponent was a British squadron under Vice-Admiral William Hotham . They were subordinate to the HMS Agamemnon and the HMS Inconstant, along with other ships . Although the French lost their ships Ca Ira and Censeur , Hotham had to retreat.

In the sea ​​battle near Abukir , Horatio Nelson and his British ships were able to destroy, drive out or capture 17 French ships under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers . In addition to the tonnant under the captain Dupetit-Thouars, the French ships Le Guerrier , Le Spartiate , L'Aquilon , Le Peuple Souverain , Le Franklin , L'Orient (flagship), L'Heureux , Le Timoléon , Le Mercure , Le Guillaume Tell fought , Le Généreux , La Sérieuse , L'Artermise , La Justice , Le Conquérant and La Diane for d'Aigalliers. In the course of the battle on August 1, 1798, the commander of the tonnant was killed. After the battle, the Tonnant became the property of the Royal Navy.

Gun data

• 36 pounder: 30
• 24 pounder: 32
• 12 pounder: 18
• 36-pounder carrons: 4

Battle of Trafalgar

The battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21, 1805 between the British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelsons and the French and Spanish ships at Cape Trafalgar. The British served the 104 gunship HMS Victory as their flagship. The vastly superior ship Santissima Trinidad was the largest in Vice-Admiral Pierre Charles de Villeneuve's fleet. The Tonnant was far inferior to its opponents with 26 other ships. The Spanish-French Armada had 2,864 cannons on 33 ships. But despite this inferiority, the British were able to win the battle because Nelson, contrary to the usual tactics, attacked the English ships in two rows. The Tonnant was fourth in the right row. Nelson was hit by a musket ball and died. In the end, the Spanish and French had about ten times as many deaths as the British.

Battle of Baltimore

The Battle of Baltimore, in which United States forces repulsed an attack by British forces from land and sea on the port city of Baltimore , Maryland, was one of the turning points of the British-American War in 1814. The attack began on September 13th when the British fleet of nineteen ships began bombarding Fort McHenry . The British fired congreve missiles from the HMS Erebus and mortar shells from the HMS Terror , the HMS Volcano , the HMS Meteor , the HMS Devastation and the HMS Aetna . Since this did not cause any major damage, the British had to withdraw.