A Tonnant-class ship of the line, HMS Canopus, the former Franklin
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Tonnant |
Builders: | Toulon, Brest and Rochefort |
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Preceded by: | Saint-Esprit class |
Succeeded by: | Bucentaure class |
In commission: | 1790–1834 |
Completed: | 8 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ship of the line |
Displacement: | 1800 tonnes |
Length: | 59.3 metres |
Beam: | 15.3 metres |
Draught: | 7.8 metres |
Propulsion: | Sail |
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Armour: | Timber |
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Ships in class include: Tonnant, Indomptable, Sans Pareil, Formidable, Guillaume Tell, Franklin, Indivisible, Foudroyant |
Ships in class include: Tonnant, Indomptable, Sans Pareil, Formidable, Guillaume Tell, Franklin, Indivisible,
The Tonnant Class was a class of eight 80-gun ships of the line designed in 1787 by Jacques-Noël Sané. From 1802 a new group (the Bucentaure class) was begun of slightly modified design, of which more than 24 were begun.