Jacques-Noël Sané was a French shipwright. He was the creator of standardised designs for ships of the line and frigates fielded by the French Navy in the 1780s, which served during the French Revolut
Portrait by Julien Léopold Boilly, c. 1800
Bust by Louis-Joseph Daumas, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
The Téméraire-class ships of the line were a class of a hundred and twenty 74-gun ships of the line ordered between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy or its attached navies in dependent territories. A
Jacques-Noël Sané
…and with comparable firepower), and 118-gun three-deckers (equivalent to the British first-rate). Sané won three successive competitions: in 1782, his Téméraire class was selected for the 74-guns in 1785, his Océan class was selected for the 118-guns…
Scale model of Achille, a typical French seventy-four of the Téméraire class at the beginning of the 19th century.
Fight of the Poursuivante against the British ship HMS Hercules, 28 June 1803
A model of the Triomphant
Battle between the French warship Droits de l'Homme and the British frigates Amazon (right) and Indefatigable (left), 13 & 14 January 1797.