French ship Foudroyant

Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Foudroyant ( literally "Like lightning", or "embodying the speed and violence of lightning"):
 * FRENCH SHIP Foudroyant, a 70-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH SHIP Foudroyant, an 82-gun ship of the line
 * Foudroyant, renamed Soleil-Royal in 1693
 * FRENCH SHIP Foudroyant, a 104-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH SHIP Foudroyant, a 110-gun ship of the line
 * HMS Foudroyant (1758) (1751), an 80-gun ship of the line which in 1758 was captured by the British Navy, becoming HMS Foudroyant (1758)
 * FRENCH SHIP Foudroyant (1799), an 80-gun ship of the line
 * FRENCH PRAME Foudroyant a prame (a vessel propelled by oars and sails) of 12 guns of 24 pounds
 * FRENCH BATTLESHIP Foudroyant, a central battery and barbette battleship of the Redoutable type
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Foudroyant, a L'Adroit-class destroyer
 * FRENCH DESTROYER Foudroyant a Le Hardi-class destroyer launched in 1938 as Fleuret and renamed in 1941; she was scuttled in 1942
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Foudroyant (S610), a ballistic missile submarine of the Redoutable type

Also, HMS Implacable (1805), originally French ship Duguay-Trouin, was renamed Foudroyant before being scuttled.