Jean-Louis Pestel was a French ship builder and naval architect active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the older brother of
François Pestel, who was also a ship builder and naval architect. Vessels Jean-Louis Pestel built or designed include:
* was a 12-gun brig launched in 1793 that the Royal Navy captured in 1798. The British named her HMS ''Aventurier'' and disposed of her in 1802.
* was a 22-gun storeship (''gabarre'') launched in 1794 and condemned in 1807. She then served as a prison hulk in 1806.
* was a launched in 1795 and broken up in 1815.
*''Merveilleuse'' was a 27-ton (French; "of load") privateer schooner from
Honfleur
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, commissioned in 1798. His Majesty's
hired armed ship captured her on 7 April 1798.
* was a launched at Honfleur in 1804 that the Dutch seized at Antwerp in May 1814 and condemned.
* was a launched at Honfleur in 1804 that the Dutch seized in May 1814 in the Scheld, renamed and ''Bruinvisch'' in May 1815, and sold for breaking up in 1822.
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* {{cite book, last1=Winfield, first1=Rif, last2=Roberts, first2=Stephen S., year=2015, title=French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates, publisher=Seaforth Publishing, location=, isbn=978-1-84832-204-2
French naval architects