Pierre Ozanne

From 1750, Ozanne was schooled at the Ecole des Gardes de la Marine, ancestor of the École Navale, and in Paris, where he was a pupil of Duhamel du Monceau.

After the start of the American war of Independence, Ozanne served on Languedoc and on the Vautour.

In 1788, he directed the plans of the 74-gun Vengeur, earning a commission of naval engineer in the process.

Ozanne contributed to the propaganda of the Revolutionary era by commissioning two notable works: le Vengeur du Peuple au combat de prairial, in 1795, depicting the highly romanticised tale of the sinking of the French ship Vengeur du Peuple; and Le combat de la Bayonnaise, in 1798, depicting the capture of the 32-gun HMS Ambuscade by the 24-gun French corvette Bayonnaise.

Ozanne notably directed the construction of an enlarged version of the Téméraire class, the 86-gun Vétéran, that served as the personal ship of Napoleon's brother Jérôme.