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 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; 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, , entered service in 1829. Sané died in Paris on 22 August 1831, aged 91. Work Sané was responsible for 9 118-gun ships of the line of the Océan class 5 110-gun ships of the 27 80-guns of the Tonnant and classes 107 74-guns of the Annibal and Téméraire classes, between 1783 and as late as 1841 65 18-pounder frigates of the Hébé, , and classes, built between 1781 and 1814. Legacy Three ships of the French Navy have been named Sané after Jacques-Noël Sané. The class of 2004 of the École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées Bretagne was named in his honour. Sources and references Notes References Sources 1740 births 1831 deaths French Navy officers from Brest, France French naval architects