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Antoine Marie Ferdinand De Maussion De Candé
Antoine Marie Ferdinand de Maussion de Candé (10 March 1801 – 21 January 1867), was a French rear admiral who served as governor of Martinique from 1859 to 1864. Early years (1801–41) Antoine Marie Ferdinand de Maussion de Candé was born on 10 March 1801 in Beynac-et-Cazenac, Dordogne. His parents were Antoine-Charles de Maussion de Candé, an attorney and then magistrate and prefect of Loir-et-Cher, and Marie Elisabeth de Beaumont de Repaire. His family may be traced back to Daniel de Maussion, chevalier, secretary to King Francis I of France. He joined the navy in 1818, and was an ''aspirant'' (midshipman) as of the start of 1819. He was promoted to ''enseigne de vaisseau'' ( ensign) on 17 August 1822. He served on the frigate '' Medée'' in the Levant, on the ''Antilope'' during the war of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis in Spain and on the ''Zélée'' in the Brazil and Pacific naval division. Maussion de Candé was promoted to ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' ( shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Colonial And Departmental Heads Of Martinique
(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) Ancien regime and First Republic (1635-1794) British occupation (1794–1814) Restoration, Second Republic, Second Empire (1814–70) Third Republic (1870–1940) Fourth and Fifth Republics (1945-present) See also *Martinique *Politics of Martinique External linksWorld Statesmen - Martinique References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and , ) is a city in north-central France, about 120 kilometres (74 miles) southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Loiret and of the Regions of France, region of Centre-Val de Loire. Orléans is located on the river Loire nestled in the heart of the Loire Valley, classified as a Loire Valley, World Heritage Site, where the river curves south towards the Massif Central. In 2019, the city had 116,269 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries. Orléans is the center of Orléans Métropole that has a population of 288,229. The larger Functional area (France), metropolitan area has a population of 451,373, the 20th largest in France. The city owes its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pénaud
Charles Pénaud (24 December 1800 – 25 March 1864) was a French naval officer who rose to the rank of vice-admiral. As a young officer he was a member of the voyage of exploration and circumnavigation of Hyacinthe de Bougainville in 1824–26. In 1831 he participated in the Battle of the Tagus. He commanded a corvette during the French blockade of the Río de la Plata in 1838–40. During the Crimean War he was second in command of the Baltic Squadron and engaged in the Battle of Bomarsund in 1854. The next year, as commander of the Baltic Squadron, he bombarded Sweaborg. After the return of peace he was a member of the Admiralty Council and then president of the Naval Council of Works. In this role he was responsible for successful trials of the new steam-powered armoured warships. Early years (1800–38) Charles Pénaud was born on 24 December 1800 in Brest, France, Brest, Finistère. His father was an officer of the imperial navy who retired early due to his wounds. He was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Bomarsund
The Battle of Bomarsund, in August 1854, took place during the Åland War, which was part of the Crimean War, when an Anglo- French expeditionary force attacked a Russian fortress. It was the only major action of the war to take place at Bomarsund in the Baltic Sea. Background Bomarsund was a 19th-century fortress, the construction of which had started in 1832 by Russia in Sund, Åland, in the Baltic Sea. Bomarsund had not been completed (only two towers of the planned twelve subsidiary towers had been completed). When the war broke out the fortress remained vulnerable especially against forces attacking over land. Designers of the fortress had also assumed that narrow sea passages near the fortress would not be passable for large naval ships; while this assumption had held true during the time of sailing ships, it was possible for steam powered ships to reach weakly defended sections of the fortress. First battle On 21 June 1854, three British ships bombarded the Bomars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Trident (1811)
The ''Trident'' was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. On 13 February 1814, she was part of Julien Cosmao's squadron which was intercepted off Toulon by a British blockade. The , at the rear, managed to hold off the British ships long enough for the rest of the squadron to escape. In 1823, during the Spanish expedition, she took part in the bombardment of Cadiz, along with . In 1827, at the Battle of Navarino, she silenced coastal defences with the ''Sirène''. She took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. In 1831, the served as flagship of the Toulon squadron under Rear-admiral Baron Hugon, and took part in the Battle of the Tagus under Captain Casy, reaching Lisbon. In 1854, she took part in the Crimean War, and was used as a troop ship the next year in the Black Sea. She was struck on 24 November 1857 and was used as a barracks hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Valmy (1847)
''Valmy'', named after the Battle of Valmy, was the largest three-decker of the French Navy, and the largest tall ship ever built in France. Design The design of ''Valmy'' was decided by the Commission de Paris, as a way to modernise the 118-gun ''Océan'' class design and its derivatives. The most radical departure from previous designs was the shedding of tumblehome and adoption of vertical sides, shared by the ''Hercule'' and ''Suffren'' classes; this significantly increased the space available for upper batteries, but reduced the stability of the ship. ''Valmy'' was laid down at Brest in 1838 as ''Formidable'' and launched in 1847. She displayed poor performances during her trials, especially with a tendency to roll, and was generally considered a failure. Stability problems were to some extent improved by the addition of a high belt of wood sheathing at the waterline. The outcome of the project led the French Navy to return to a more traditional design with the next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship-of-the-line Captain
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain. Equivalent ranks worldwide include ship-of-the-line captain (e.g. France, Argentina, Spain), captain of sea and war (e.g. Brazil, Portugal), captain at sea (e.g. Germany, Netherlands) and " captain of the first rank" (Russia). The NATO rank code is OF-5, although the United States of America uses the code O-6 for the equivalent rank (as it does for all OF-5 ranks). Four of the uniformed services of the United States — the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps — use the rank. Etiquette Any naval officer who commands a ship is addressed by naval custom as "captain" while aboard in command, regardless of their actual rank, even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Cécille
Jean-Baptiste Thomas Médée Cécille (16 October 1787, Rouen – 9 November 1873) was a French Admiral and politician who played an important role in the French intervention of Vietnam. He also circumnavigated the globe. Military career In 1837–1839, Cécille circumnavigated the world as the commander of the corvette ''Héroïne''. He left Brest on 1 July 1837 with the objective of protecting French whaling ships. He contributed to the survey of New Zealand. In 1843, the French Foreign Minister François Guizot sent a fleet to Vietnam under Admiral Cécille and Captain Charner,Chapuis, p.Google BooksQuote: ''Two years later, in 1847, Lefebvre was again captured when he returned to Vietnam. This time Cecille sent captain Lapierre to Danang. Whether Lapierre was aware or not that Lefebvre had already been freed and on his way back to Singapore, the French first dismantled masts of some Vietnamese ships. Later on 14 April 1847, in only one hour, the French sank the last fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Cléopâtre (1838)
''Cléopâtre '' was a 50-gun frigate of the Artémise class that served in the French Navy. Launched in 1838 after an almost 11-year period of construction, she was in commission for only three months during her transfer from Saint Servan to Brest. She was recommissioned in 1842. In 1843 the ''Cléopâtre'' rescued all 34 people aboard the ''Regular'' East Indiaman that had been abandoned during a voyage from London to Bombay. She sailed to Japan in 1846 in an attempt to open up trade with that country and served as a transport during the Crimean War of 1853–1856. She was used as a storage hulk after 1864 and broken up in 1869. Construction The Artémise class of (largely) 52-gun frigates were design by Jean-Baptiste Hubert with the first vessel, ''Artémise'' launched in 1828 and the last ''Flore'' in 1869. The first vessels were sail-powered with later vessels steam-driven. The sail-powered ''Cléopâtre'' was constructed at Saint Servan by Charles Alexandre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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