French ship Sans Pareil
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Five ships of the French Navy
have born the name Sans Pareil ("Peerless"):
See also Sans-Pareil class ship of the line
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have born the name Sans Pareil ("Peerless"):
- Sans Pareil, a 62-gun ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
(1669-1679) - Sans Pareil, a 50-gun ship of the line (1685-1698)
- The 14-gun British privateer cutter Non Such was renamed Sans Pareil after her capture by the Concorde in November 1779
- Sans Pareil, a 80-gun Tonnant class ship of the lineTonnant class ship of the lineThe Tonnant Class was a class of eight 80-gun ships of the line designed in 1787 by Jacques-Noël Sané. From 1802 a new group was begun of slightly modified design, of which more than 24 were begun....
(1793-1842) - Sans Pareil, a 116-gun Océan class ship of the lineOcéan class ship of the lineThe Océan-type ships of the line were a series of 16 first-rate 118-gun ships of the line of the French navy, designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané. Fifteen were completed from 1788 on, with the last one entering service in 1854...
(1812-1816)
See also Sans-Pareil class ship of the line