Foudroyant, 1798
Type: 2nd rate ; Armament 80
Launched : 31 Mar 1798 at Plymouth ;
Disposal date or year : 16 Jun 1897
Disposal Details : Wrecked near Blackpool
BM: 2062 tons
Dimensions : Length of first deck 183 ft. 8.5 in. Extreme breadth 50 ft. 74 in.
Complement: 719
Notes:

23 Sep 1798 departed from Cawsand bay with a squadron to search for French squadron reported to be heading for Ireland, making contact with the observing frigates on 11 Oct.

11-12 Oct 1798 signal for a general chase made by the Commodore. Commodore Warren's action with French squadron, and capture of the Hoche, 74, and frigates: Embuscade, Coquille, Bellone. And taking of the R�solue by the Melampus. See also p. 71-> www.naval-review.org/issues/1928-1.pdf.

3 May 1799 prepared for action on receipt of news that the French fleet had escaped from Brest and was heading towards Cadiz. The French were sighted the following day, but stood on for the Mediterranean.

10 May 1799 arrived with the fleet at Gibraltar, and having watered and victualled departed for the Mediterranean.

20 May 1799 anchored in Port-Mahon : departed on 22nd on a cruise.

30 May 1799 detached to reinforce Lord Nelson at Palermo.

7 Jun 1799 joined Nelson's squadron off Palermo.

13 Jun-mid Aug 1799 departed from off Palermo for a cruise, arriving Naples 24th, where crews were involved in operations ashore.

1 Nov 1799 - Feb 1800 blockade of Malta.

18 Feb 1800 capture of the Ville-de-Marseille armed store-ship and the G�n�reux, 74, off Malta.

30-31 Mar 1800 capture of the Guillaume-Tell, 80, off Malta.

5 Oct 1800 off Cadiz.

14 Oct 1800 the Spanish brig St. Bartholomew, laden with merchandize ; taken by the Foudroyant, Diadem, &c on the Mediterranean Station.

Circa 1 Nov 1800 Mr. J. Meik, Clerk of the Foudroyant, is appointed Purser of the Caroline frigate.

22 Dec 1800 captured the French Brig Hyppolite, laden with Rice, from Alexandria, bound to Marseilles.

31 Jan 1801 anchored Marmorice on the coast of Karamania. 2 Mar 1801 arrived in Aboukir bay. 7 Mar 1801 commenced opposed landing of troops, seamen, artillery and stores.

17 Feb 1801 in the harbour of Marmorice.

8 Mar 1801 of the personnel employed disembarking the army in Aboukir Bay one seaman was killed and one was wounded.

13 Mar 1801 of the seamen employed on shore in Aboukir Bay one was wounded.

7 Apr 1801 a letter from the Swiftsure off Alexandria commences : "We have, in our endeavours to keep off the shore, been obliged to carry sail to such a degree as nearly to tear our ships to pieces ; and we received further proof of the impossibility of forming an effectual blockade of any port, even in this fine country. On the night of our return from the offing we spoke the Pearl frigate, bringing us advice of the sailing of a French squadron of 7 sail of the line, a frigate, 2 sloops, and 2 store ships, for this place, having 7,000 troops, and 3 generals on board. Lord Keith has been busy preparing the Stately for the line, and our force now consists of the Foudroyant, 84 ; Tigre, 80 ; Ajax, Northumberland, Swiftsure, Kent, and Minotaur, 74 ; Stately, 64, and several small vessels.

29 Jun 1801 cruising off Alexandria, per UK newspapers of this date, reporting news received from off Egypt.

10 Sep 1801 in the Bay of Aboukir. Adm. Lord Keith reported that he and His Highness the Capitan Pacha had agreed to receive the enemy's ships as under, viz. :-
Capitan pacha : Cause, 64 Justice, 46 : No. i. Venetian, 26.
Lord Keith. L'Egyptienne, 50 ; Regener�e, 32 ; No. 2 Venetian, 26.
The Turkish corvettes to be given to the Capitan Pacha ; but to be previously valued.

8 Oct 1801 at Valetta.

10 May 1802 was at Gibraltar when the Isis arrived there with HRH Duke of Kent from Falmouth.

15 Jun 1802 the Foudroyant, Adm. Keith, departed Gibraltar, for England, but was delayed due to meeting contrary winds in the Gut.

20 Jun 1802 finally departed Gibraltar.

3 Jul 1802 arrived the Motherbank from the Mediterranean with Adm Lord Keith and put in quarantine and is reported to have a detachment of limited service men from the 5th Regt on board.

4 Jul 1802 relieved from quarantine and sent to Spithead.

5 Jul 1802 Adm Keith struck his flag and went up to London.

8 Jul 1802 the Foudroyant lying at Spithead is ordered to Plymouth to be paid off.

12 Jul 1802 departed Spithead the Foudroyant, 98, Captain Searle ; and Captain, 74, Captain Boyles, for Plymouth, to be paid off.

13 Jul 1802 orders came down to Plymouth for moorings to be laid down in the River Tamar, for the Foudroyant, hourly expected from Spithead, to be paid off and laid up in ordinary.

15 Jul 1802 arrived Plymouth Sound from Spithead to be paid off.

16 Jul 1802 went up the harbour to be stripped and paid off. In passing the Narrows of Devil's Point, she was cheered heartily by the spectators assembled at the battery as an old friend returned to her native port.

3 Aug 1802 the Foudroyant, 84, was paid off, and laid up in ordinary.

4 Oct 1802 alongside the Jetty Head at Plymouth, waiting to go into dock.

11 Oct 1802 the Foudroyant, 84, Caesar, 84, and Sans Pareil, 84 ; are now hauled alongside the Jetty Head, at Plymouth, preparatory to going into dock to be repaired, when the ships now in dock go out.

22 Nov 1802 Lieutenant Thomas Staines, late of the Foudroyant, is promoted to the rank of Commander.

14 Dec 1802 remains alongside the Jetty Head at Plymouth, waiting to go into dock.

15 Jan 1803 the Salvador del Mundo has been taken out of the Great Parlby Dock, and has been replaced by the Foudroyant.

Circa 28 May 1803 Capt Puget apptd in command of the Foudroyant, flag ship of R.-Adm Thomas Graves.

19 Jun 1803 commissioned by Capt Rodd.

Circa 27 Jun 1803 Lieutenants Mends and Collins, apptd to the Foudroyant.

30 Jun 1803 it has been announced in the Portsmouth section of the Hampshire Telegraph for 20 Jun 1803, that prize money due to the ship's company of the Foudroyant, Northumberland, Audacious, Alexander, Success, La Bonne Citoyenne, and El Corso, for Le Genereux taken circa 18 Feb 1800, is due to be paid by Navy and Prize Agency, Messrs Mottley and Grout, at Barnard's Inn, Portsmouth. Whilst the London Gazette seems to concentrate mainly on the London Agents, and far less often on other agents based in the home ports, I thought the fact that this agent was advertising his wares, including making loans, and also where and when he was paying out prize and salvage monies &c. might be of some interest.

29 Jul 1803 the Neptune, Capt Drury, went up into Hamoaze to be repaired. Her ship's company is to be turned over to the San Josef, Foudroyant, and Prince, to man them to join the Channel Fleet.

23 Aug 1803 is in Hamoaze being fitted out as a flag ship.

25 Aug 1803 the Spencer has transferred R.-Adm Dacres flag to the Foudroyant.

9 Oct 1803 tenders and cutters have arrived Plymouth from Exmouth, Chester, Liverpool and Londonderry, with seamen for the San Josef, Northumberland, and Foudroyant, bringing the ship's companies of this ships in line with their complements.

3 Nov 1803 the Prince, Capt Grindall, and Foudroyant, Capt Spicer, remain in the lower moorings in Hamoaze, Plymouth, detained by a lack of manpower, bad gales preventing the usual methods of recruiting.

7 Nov 1803 when the weather moderates the Foudroyant will drop down the harbour to Cawsand Bay to await orders.

10 Nov 1803 dropped down from the Lower Moorings at the West Mud, Hamoaze, into Cawsand Bay.

12 Nov 1803 R.-Adm Dacres shifted his flag from the Foudroyant to the Prince, whilst R.-Adm Graves hoisted his flag as R.-Adm of the White at the Mizen of the Foudroyant. 31 Jan 1804 the Ville de Paris, Adm Cornwallis, has been obliged by the gales now blowing up the Channel to leave the French Coast and put into Torbay with the Dreadnought, Prince, Foudroyant, Impetueux, Colossus, and Conqueror, from whence they sailed on the 3 Feb.

Circa 13 Feb 1804 Capt P Puget apptd to the Foudroyant, vice Spicer.

25 Jun 1804 the Windsor Castle, Foudroyant, Terrible, and Montague, departed Plymouth to join the Channel Fleet.

Circa 27 Oct 1804 it is reported that the Channel Fleet : the Ville de Paris, San Josef, Prince, Prince George, Princess Royal, Temeraire, Windsor Castle, and Plantagenet had departed Torbay for their station, having being joined from Plymouth by the Britannia and Venerable, the Foudroyant, Colossus and Repulse having gone into Cawsand Bay.

May 1805 Channel Fleet ; R.-Adm Thomas Graves

3 Jan 1806 Sir J.B. Warren's squadron at St. Helen's, adverse winds preventing him sailing. 12 Jan departed for Madeira to gain intelligence of the French squadron under V.-adm. Leissegues.

13 Mar 1806 Capture of Marengo and Belle Poule. See below

4 Jun 1806 having returned from his first cruise departed from Spithead for the West Indies arriving Barbadoes 12 Jul with the Fame in lieu of the Repulse.

13 Mar 1806 London, Foudroyant, and Amazon capture the Marengo and Belle-Poule, returning to France. The former was used as a prison ship ; the latter was also purchased into the service.

Early Nov 1807 departed as a part of a squadron under R.-Adm. Sir W. S. Smith, for the Tagus, where they commenced a blockade on the 17th.

29 Nov 1807 escorted the Portuguese Royal Family to lat. 37� 47' N., long. 14� 17' W., where, having detached 3 ships, R.-Adm. Smith returned to blockade the Tagus, now occupied by a Russian squadron, where he was joined by a squadron under Commod. P Halkett.

Rio Janeiro 8 April 1812 Remains.

Plymouth 21 Oct 1812 arrived from the Brazils.

1820 Guardship.

1830 Plymouth

11 May 1831 in Hamoaze.

7 Jun 1831 in Hamoaze.

18 Feb 1841 Parliament was informed that the Foudroyant had been fitted with Harris's Lightning Conductors since 9 Jul 1839.

Jan 1848 Devonport,

20 Dec 1848 Devonport

18 May 1851 Devonport. Taken out of dock Wednesday.

1860 Devonport

1862 Training Ship

1870 For Instruction in Armstrong Gun Drill, Devonport

1879 Attached to Cambridge, Devonport.

22 Nov 1892 left Swinem�nde for London, in tow of the steamer Oceana.