HMS Foudroyant (1758)
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Foudroyant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was captured by a British squadron on 28 February 1758 at the Battle of Cartagena and subsequently commissioned into the Royal Navy as
Foudroyant at the Battle of Cartagena
HMS Foudroyant (left) towing Pégase into Portsmouth Harbour on 30 April 1782
Battle of Cartagena (1758)
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The Battle of Cartagena took place on 28 February 1758 off the Spanish port of Cartagena during the Seven Years' War. A British fleet under Henry Osborn, which had blockaded a French fleet in Cartagen
HMS Foudroyant (1758)
…Foudroyant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was captured by a British squadron on 28 February 1758 at the Battle of Cartagena and subsequently commissioned into the Royal Navy as the third-rate HMS Foudroyant. Foudroyant was built at Toulon to a design by François Coulomb, and…
Painting of the battle by Francis Swaine