French ship Tonnerre

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Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Tonnerre ("thunder"):

French ship Tonnerre (1696) (1696–1713), formerly HMS Thunder, a captured 4-gun bomb ship.
French gunboat Tonnerre (1759) (1759–1768), a gunboat
French gunboat Tonnerre (1785) (1785–1807), a 3-gun gunboat
French ship Tonnerre (1808) (1808–1809), a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line
French corvette Tonnerre (1838–1878), a 4-gun wheeled steam corvette
French ship Tonnerre (1875) (1875–1921), an armoured coast-guard
French ship Tonnerre (1946) (1946–1955), an armoured barge in Indochina
French ship Tonnerre (L9014), a Mistral-class amphibious assault ship presently in service.

Reference and sources

Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Tonnerre
Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre de Colbert à nos jours, Jean-Michel Roche

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