Salomon was merchantman built in Nantes that the French Royal Navy purchased an commissioned as a fluyt. In 1781, she was reclassified as a fireship and renamed Pulvérisateur, and served in the Indian Ocean in Suffren's squadron under capitaine de brûlot Villaret de Joyeuse.. Career. In August 1762, the French Navy purchased Salomon in Nantes. On 14 April, she arrived in Rochefort under ...