Jacques-Noël Sané (18 February 1740, Brest – 22 August 1831, Paris ) was a French naval engineer. 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 Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and in some cases remained in service into the 1860s. Captured ships of his design were commissioned in the Royal Navy and even copied.
14-777: Piémontaise was a 40-gun Consolante -class frigate of the French Navy . She served as a commerce raider in the Indian Ocean until her capture in March 1808. She then served with the British Royal Navy in the East Indies until she was broken up in Britain in 1813. Piémontaise was built by Enterprise Étheart at Saint Malo to a design by François Pastel. On 18 December 1805 she sailed from Brest for Île de France . There she served as
28-831: A commerce raider under captain Jacques Epron. On 21 June 1806, she captured the East Indiaman Warren Hastings . On 6 September, she captured the 14-gun East India Company brig HCS Grappler , the three-masted country ship Atomany , and the East Indiaman Fame . Between September and October 1807, Piémontaise captured Caroline , Eggleton or Eggleson, master, Sarah , Henderson, master, Maria , James, master, Udny , Walteas or Wallis, master, Danneberg or Danesburgh or Castel Dansborg , Winter, master, Highland Chief , Mahapice or Makepiece, master, Eliza , Sparkes, master, and Calcutta . Calcutta
42-550: A family of sailors, Sané became a student engineer in 1758 and joined the naval construction academy in Paris in 1765, graduating on 1 October 1766 as an assistant engineer. In 1767, he worked under Ollivier the Elder on naval ships, and with Antoine Choquet de Lindu on merchant ships. In 1769, he embarked on the fluyt Seine , bound for Martinique with four scows and a dredger of his design. Promoted to engineer in 1774, he designed
56-509: A type of corvette that remained in service until the end of the sailing navy. The same year, Napoléon required a collection of accurate ship models to document the French Navy; Denis Decrès tasked Sané with the project, known as the Trianon model collection , for which 13 models were specially created and 6 others collected and upgraded. His plans for 18-pounder frigates were adopted in 1810;
70-551: The Annibal -class 74-gun , comprising Annibal and Northumberland . He then worked on several 12-pounder frigates . During the War of American Independence , Navy minister Sartine , his successor Castries , and engineer Borda requested standard plans to standardise the production of 18-pounder frigates (equivalent to the British fifth-rate ), 74-gun ships of the line (equivalent to
84-586: The Académie de Marine . In April 1779, he arrived in Saint-Malo for the construction of the Hébé -class Vénus , a 12-pounder 38-gun frigate. He furthermore drew the plans of the frigates Aigle , Cléopâtre , Thisbé and Dryade . In 1789, he was promoted to sub-director of naval constructions. In 1793, as director of Brest Harbour, he decided to raze the older ships Brutus , Pluton and Argonaute . He
98-664: The lascars to jury-rig masts and bring Piémontaise into port. St Fiorenzo had too few men, too many casualties, and too many prisoners to guard to provide much assistance. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "San Fiorenzo 8 March 1808" to any surviving claimants from the action. The British brought Piémontaise into service as HMS Piedmontaise , commissioning her under Captain Charles Foote. From May to August 1810, she took part in
112-583: The successful expedition to the Banda Islands , along with Caroline and Barracouta . The expedition also included Mandarin . Foote died in September and Commander Henry D. Dawson replaced him, only to die shortly thereafter. Piedmontaise ' s next captain was T. Epworth, who was replaced in turn by Captain Henry Edgell. Piémontaise was taken out of commission at Woolwich on 12 August 1812. She
126-543: The British third-rate ), 80-gun two-deckers (without equivalent: similar to a third-rate, but longer than a second-rate and with comparable firepower), and 118-gun three-deckers (equivalent to the British first-rate ). Sané won three successive competitions: In 1784, Sané had his only child, Amélie Fanny Gabrielle; she would later marry Captain Delarue de la Gréardière , and die in December 1812. On 18 June 1787, Sané joined
140-586: The same year, he was made a Baron of Empire . Under the Restoration, Sané was awarded the Order of Saint Michael . In 1820, aged 80, he was made president of the Commission de Paris , although he never involved himself in the upcoming steamship revolution. The first steamer of the French Navy, Sphinx , entered service in 1829. Sané died in Paris on 22 August 1831, aged 91. Sané was responsible for Three ships of
154-564: The sea. Captain Hardinge, of St Fiorenzo , was killed in the fighting on the last day. Over the three days the British suffered 13 dead and 25 wounded. The French suffered some 48 dead and 112 wounded. Lieutenant William Dawson took command and brought both vessels back to Colombo , even though Piémontaise's three masts fell over her side early in the morning of 9 March. Piémontaise had on board British Army officers and captains and officers from prizes that she had taken. These men helped organize
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#1732904969023168-716: Was a "native ship". Captain James, of Maria , died aboard Piémontaise on 29 September. Piémontaise captured Resource on 9 October 1807. She was carrying toile and 7,500 sacks of rice. The value of the prize was 215,930.24 francs. In early March 1808, Piémontaise captured three more merchantmen off Southern India. On 6 March 1808, Piémontaise encountered St Fiorenzo . The two ships battled for three days until Piémontaise , out of ammunition and having suffered heavy casualties, had to strike her colours on 8 March. The evening before she struck, Lieutenant de vaisseau Charles Moreau, who had been severely wounded, threw himself into
182-575: Was broken up in January 1813. Consolante class frigate The Consolante class frigate was a class of French warships during the Napoleonic Era . Each ship had a main battery consisting of 18-pounder long guns. The designers were François Pestel and Jacques-Noël Sané . Jacques-No%C3%ABl San%C3%A9 His achievements earned Sané the nickname of " naval Vauban ." Born in Brest in
196-631: Was made a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1796, and naval construction inspector on 7 July 1798, responsible for the coast of the Atlantic and of the English Channel; his duty comprised inspection of the harbours and selection of timbers from the forests in the Pyrenees . In 1800, Sané was made General inspector for naval engineering, an office he would retain until 1817. In 1807, Sané designed
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