X:0
T: Foudroyant, The
M:C
L:1/8
B:David Rutherford – Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite
B:Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, c. 1760, No. 20, p. 10)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B|.A(FED) d2- df|edcd G E2G|FDAF d3B|AGFE D3:|
e|fdaf ecAc|dfed cBcA|Bdce dfeg|fagf {f}e3B|
A(FTED) d2- df|edcd G E2G|FDGE AFdB|AGFE D3||
HMS Foudroyant towing the Pégase into Portsmouth Harbour, 20 April 1782, by Dominic Serres.FOUDROYANT, THE. English, Reel (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The original Foudroyant was a first-rate sh-p of the line of the French Royal Navy, designed by Hélie, however, it never took to sea and was broken up between 1742 and 1743. However, Rutherford's title probably refers to a subsequent French ship named Foudroyant, launched in 1750. She was part of a squadron under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran, but was captured by the British navy during the Battle of Cartagena (Spain) in February, 1758. Assumed into the British Navy (where her name was retained), the Foudroyant saw meritorious service for the next thirty years, including the capture in 1782 of the French 74-gun Pégase, for which her captain John Jervis was knighted. The Foudroyant was broken up in 1787.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - David Rutherford (Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), c. 1760 (variously dated); No. 20, p. 10.
