Jean-Louis Pestel Explained

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, 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.

References

• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799. 2004. Éditions Ancre. 2-906381-24-1. fr.
• Book: Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 2008. 978-1-86176-246-7.
• Book: Winfield. Rif. Roberts. Stephen S.. 2015. French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 978-1-84832-204-2.