The Tonnant class was a series of eight 80-gun ships of the line designed in 1787 by Jacques-Noël Sané, whose plans for the prototype were approved on 29 September 1787. With sixteen gunports on the l
Sans Pareil as HMS Sans Pareil in 1800
Jacques-Noël Sané
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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
Tonnant-class ship of the line
…The Tonnant class was a series of eight 80-gun ships of the line designed in 1787 by Jacques-Noël Sané, whose plans for the prototype were approved on 29 September 1787. With sixteen gunports on the lower deck on each side (although only fifteen of these…
Portrait by Julien Léopold Boilly, c. 1800
Bust by Louis-Joseph Daumas, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.