French Ship République Française (1802)
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The ''République française'' was a
first-rate In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at ...
118-gun
ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
of the
French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
, of the ''Océan'' type, designed by
Jacques-Noël Sané Jacques-Noël Sané (18 February 1740, Brest – 22 August 1831, Paris) was a French naval engineer. He was the conceptor of standardised designs for ships of the line and frigates fielded by the French Navy in the 1780s, which served during the ...
and built by Pierre Rolland. She was begun at Rochefort in 1794 as the ''Majesteux'', but was given the name ''République française'' later that same year. She resumed the name ''Majestueux'' in February 1803, prior to being completed in August 1803. She took part in
Allemand's expedition of 1805 Allemand's expedition of 1805, often referred to as the ''Escadre invisible'' (invisible squadron) in French sources, was an important French naval expedition during the Napoleonic Wars, which formed a major diversion to the ongoing Trafalgar C ...
. Scrapped in 1839.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Republique Francaise Ships of the line of the French Navy Océan-class ships of the line 1802 ships Ships built in France