Sans-Pareil-class ship of the line

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Class overview
1/28.8th model of Sans Pareil now kept at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
Name	Sans Pareil
Operators	French Navy
Planned	Océan, Médiateur, Majestueux, Indomptable
Completed	1
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Armament	116 guns

Sans Pareil ("Peerless") was a ship of the line project presented to Louis XV between 1757 and 1760. No actual ship of this type bore the name in the French Navy, though Royal Louis was built on the scheme.

Design

Sans Pareil was a project to build a series of ships taking into account new improvements in ship design. The name was suggested twice to Louis XV; in 1751, the king preferred Océan, and in 1757, Royal Louis, Médiateur, Majestueux, and Indomptable. Only Royal Louis was actually built; due to the huge costs of construction, the three others were replaced with smaller-sized ships of the line.

Sans Pareil only existed as a 1⁄1/30th model which is now kept at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. It is very likely to offer only very minor differences to what Royal Louis was like when she was launched at Brest in 1759.

The figurehead featured a lion. The ornaments of the aft were simplified, integrating the overall lines and structure of the ship.

Sources and references

References

L'histoire de la Marine de 1700 à 1850
^ Maquette de bateau Sans Pareil

Sources

1760. Le Sans-Pareil (France) Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, L'histoire de la Marine de 1700 à 1850, Direction Jacques Martin, Collaboration Historique et Technique Marjolaine Matikhine et Georges Fouillé, Bob de Moor.
Maquette de bateau, Sans Pareil, vaisseau de 108 canons, 18e siècle, Musée national de la Marine
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)

French Navy ship of the line classes timeline, 1750s–1900s

Type	1750s–1760s				1770s–1780s				1790s–1800s				1810s–1820s				1830s–1840s				1850s–1860s				1870s–1880s				1890s–1900s
	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	00	05	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	00	05
130 gun three-decker																						Bretagne
110-120 gun three-decker		Sans-Pareil class						Océan class
				Bretagne																Valmy
							Terrible class						Commerce de Paris class
90-100 gun two-decker																					Napoléon class
																Suffren class
																		Hercule class
80-gun two-decker			Saint-Esprit class
								Deux Frères				Bucentaure class
									Tonnant class
74-gun two-decker	Hector class
	Magnifique class
		Souverain class
		Diadème class
				Citoyen class
				Marseillois
					César class
							Magnanime class
							Annibal class
							Scipion class
							Pégase class
							Téméraire class
								Centaure class

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