French ship Tonnerre

Eight ships of the French Navy have borne the name Tonnerre ("thunder"):
 * FRENCH SHIP Tonnerre (1696–1713), formerly HMS Thunder, a captured 4-gun bomb ship.
 * FRENCH GUNBOAT Tonnerre (1759–1768), a gunboat
 * FRENCH GUNBOAT Tonnerre (1785–1807), a 3-gun gunboat
 * FRENCH SHIP Tonnerre (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 (1875–1921), an armoured coast-guard
 * FRENCH SHIP Tonnerre (1946–1955), an armoured barge in Indochina
 * FRENCH SHIP Tonnerre, 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