HMS Foudroyant (1798)
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HMS Foudroyant was an 80-gun third rate of the Royal Navy, one of only two British-built 80-gun ships of the period. Foudroyant was built in the dockyard at Plymouth Dock and launched on 31 March 1798. Foudroyant served Nelson as his flagship from 6 June 1799 until the end of June 1800.
Capture of the Guillaume Tell 31 March 1800, by Nicholas Pocock. Foudroyant is seen centre right
A model of Foudroyant in Monmouth Museum
Cabinet at Monmouth Museum made of the wreckage of the Foudroyant and containing objects also made from the ship.
The wreck of HMS Foudroyant
Battle of Tory Island
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The Battle of Tory Island was a naval action of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 12 October 1798 between French and British squadrons off the northwest coast of County Donegal, then in the Kingdom of Ireland. The last action of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the Battle of Tory Island ended the final attempt by the French Navy to land substantial numbers of soldiers in Ireland during the war.
Battle of Tory island, Nicholas Pocock
Newly promoted Rear Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren. Mark Oates, 1799