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| | Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Tonnant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | Directly astern of the flagship L'Orient, though completely dismasted, she was captured only after a protracted struggle, exemplified by the conduct of her captain, who, despite the loss of both arms and a leg, continued to exhort his crew until he died from loss of blood. |
 | | Vice Admiral Lord Nelson assumed command of her squadron in September, and at the Battle of Trafalgar, Tonnant sailed in the lee squadron led by Admiral Cornwallis's Royal Sovereign. |
 | | Going to the relief of HMS Mars, she engaged the Spanish Monarca and San Juan Nepomuceno and the French Fougueux and Pluton (all 74 guns). |
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