By 03: 00, after more than three hours of close quarter combat, Majestic had lost its main and mizzen masts while Tonnant was a dismasted hulk.

However the dismasted Tonnant, Commodore Du Petit Thouars now dead from his wounds and thrown overboard at his own request, was unable to make the required speed and was driven ashore by its crew, while Timoléon was too far south to escape with Villeneuve and in attempting to join the survivors had also grounded on the shoal.

Both ships were soon fighting enemies much more powerful than themselves and began to take severe damage: Captain Henry Darby on Bellerophon missed his intended anchor near Franklin and instead found his ship underneath the main battery of the French flagship, while Captain George Blagdon Westcott on Majestic also missed his station and almost collided with Heureux, coming under heavy fire from Tonnant.

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The most-southerly British ship, Majestic, had become briefly entangled with the 80-gun Tonnant, and in the resulting battle, suffered heavy casualties.

By 24: 00 only Tonnant remained engaged, as Commodore Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars continued his fight with Majestic and fired on Swiftsure when the British ship moved within range.

Key and Skinner boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant on September 7 and spoke with Major General Robert Ross and Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane over dinner while the two officers discussed war plans.

The battered ship drifted away from the battle under continued fire from Tonnant as the foremast collapsed as well.

Alexander, the final unengaged British ship that had followed Swiftsure, pulled up close to Tonnant, which had begun to drift away from the embattled French flagship.

Likewise the French ships Tonnant, Heureux and Mercure all cut their anchor cables and drifted southwards away from the blazing ship.

Under his guidance, the battered Tonnant gradually drifted southwards away from the action to join the southern division under Villeneuve.

As the sun rose at 04: 00 on 2 August, firing broke out once again between the French southern division of Guillaume Tell, Tonnant, Généreux and Timoléon and the battered Alexander and Majestic.

This is accentuated by the weight of broadside of several of the French ships: Spartiate, Franklin, Orient, Tonnant and Guillaume Tell were each significantly larger than any individual British ship in the battle.

During the War of 1812, Key, accompanied by the American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner, dined aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant, as the guests of three British officers: Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane, Rear Admiral George Cockburn, and Major General Robert Ross.

Tonnant and Spartiate, both of which later fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, joined the Royal Navy under their old names while Franklin, considered to be " the finest two-decked ship in the world ", was renamed HMS Canopus.

On the morning of 3 August, Nelson sent Theseus and Leander to force the surrender of the grounded Tonnant and Timoléon.

Lieutenant Robert Cuthbert assumed command and successfully disentangled his ship, allowing the badly damaged Majestic to drift further southwards so that by 20: 30 it was stationed between Tonnant and the next in line Heureux, engaging both.

After his death, the general's body was stored in a barrel of 129 gallons ( 586 l ) of Jamaican rum aboard HMS Tonnant.

Today, a red, white, and blue buoy marks the spot where the HMS Tonnant was anchored.

He also served on the Louise and the Intrépide, the Tonnant in 1762, the Garonne in 1763, and the Hardi and the Bricole in 1765.

* Tonnant 80 ( flag, Duchaffault ) — escaped

On 14 August, Nelson sent Orion, Majestic, Bellerophon, Minotaur, Defence, Audacious, Theseus, Franklin, Tonnant, Aquilon, Conquérant, Peuple Souverain and Spartiate to sea under the command of Saumarez.

Constructed of Adriatic oak, Tonnant had been built in 1792 and Franklin and Spartiate were less than a year old.

The weight of cannon distributed to lower decks of the ship increased its stability immensely, effectively providing ballast, and a row of cannon on a lower deck produced the broadside, where the weight of shot overcame the inherent inaccuracy of firing cannons from a ship at sea.

None of the options for closing the angle between the lines presented a favourable option to the British commander: any maneouvre to bring ships closer would limit its firing ability to its bow guns, and potentially expose its decks to raking or enfilading fire from the enemy ships.

The now-obsolete 3 / 4 " U-matic systems use a heterodyned ~ 688 kHz subcarrier for NTSC recordings ( as does Sony's Betamax, which is at its basis a 1 / 2 ″ consumer version of U-matic ), while PAL U-matic decks came in two mutually incompatible varieties, with different subcarrier frequencies, known as Hi-Band and Low-Band.

Even then, most customers were unaware of its significance and merely enjoyed the better audio performance of the newer decks.

Kauri is also a superb timber for building the hulls and decks of boats because of its resistance to rot.

This wood is also used in skateboard decks for its strength.

Vasa, with its high stern castle and double battery decks, was a transitional design between the preferences for boarding ( attack ) | boarding tactics and the line of battle.

A naval side-arm, its popularity was likely due to the fact that it was not only robust enough to hack through heavy ropes, canvas, and wood, but short enough to use in relatively close quarters, such as during boarding actions, in the rigging, or below decks.

In 2004, Nokia claimed in a press release that it had shipped its millionth deck, represented as a company milestone despite falling short of the company's initial projection of six million decks by the end of 2004.

is a historic Japanese high end audio company most famous for its innovative and very high quality audio cassette decks.

Because of its experience in manufacturing magnetic tape heads and equipment, in 1967 the company started making tape decks for a number of foreign manufacturers including Harman Kardon, KLH, Advent, Fisher, ELAC, Sylvania, Concord, Ampex and Motorola.

However, its reputation has improved since then, as later expansions have allowed for new decks featuring large amounts of Endor cards, and it is, as of 2009, one of the more valuable and expensive sets to purchase.

The 60 + cannon on board ripped through the overturned decks of the ship and quickly broke it apart, scattering its contents over a length.

The phrase was referred to sarcastically on the retail box of the 1987 computer game Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter, sending its hero Roger Wilco on " His mission: to scrub dirty decks ... to replace burned-out lightbulbs ... TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS SWEPT THE FLOOR!

The New Jersey was lightly renovated in 1999, retaining its original decks and floor plans but receiving upgraded finishes and seating.

Like the New Jersey, the Cape Henlopen retains its original decks and floor plans but received upgraded finishes and seating in 1998.

At its birth, the State of the art PEG facilities were composed of racks full of analog videotape decks and an automated video switching system.

Treated wood was used primarily for industrial, agricultural, and utility applications, where it is still used, until its use grew considerably ( at least in the United States ) in the 1970s as homeowners began building decks and backyard projects.

The pool was constructed in the late 1920s and provides a unique swimming experience because its concrete decks, walls, and bottom are built to contain Big Chico Creek as it flows through the park.

Eventually, Ptolemy IV ( r. 221 – 204 BC ) built a " forty " ( tessarakonteres ) that was 128 m long, required 4, 000 rowers and 400 other crew, and could support a force of 3, 000 marines on its decks.

Powell Peralta has revisited its enormous market success of the 1980s with their line of re-issue decks under the brand, Powell Classic.

Additionally, the Dome also received orange paint and banners between its decks, and its corridors were lined with historic photographs.