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Chevalier De Clavières (French Navy Officer)
Chevalier de Clavières (Guérande, 17 February 1738 — ) was a French Navy officer. He fought in the War of American Independence, and taking part in the French operations in the Indian Ocean under Suffren. Biography Kerhué joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 7 October 1756. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 4 April 1777. In 1778, he served as first officer on the 74-gun ''Hector'', part of the fleet under Admiral d'Estaing. He commanded the 74-gun ''Argonaute'' in the Cuddalore Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur (), is the city and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated south of Chennai, Cuddalore was an important port during the British Raj. While the early history of Cudda ... on 20 June 1783. Suffren was pleased with his performance and recommended him for a 1000-livre pension. After the war, he was amongst the captains that Suffren recommended for promotion He received a 600-livre pension in recognition of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guérande
Guérande (; br, Gwenrann, ; french: label=Gallo, Geraundd) is a medieval town located in the department of Loire-Atlantique, and the region of Pays de la Loire, Western France. The inhabitants are referred to as ''Guérandais'' (masculine), and ''Guérandaise'' (feminine). The Guérande Peninsula overlooks two contrasting landscapes: the "Pays Blanc" (White Land), because of its salt marshes, and the "Pays Noir", with the Brière peat bog. The town's salt marshes have made it a renowned producer of salt, and it is the traditional source of ''fleur de sel'', a type of garnishing salt. Since 2004, the medieval town of Guérande has been a member of a national network of 120 towns, the Villes et Pays d'Art et d'Histoire (Towns and Regions of Art and History). The fortified wall of Guérande is one of the best preserved and complete in France. Its circumference stretches 1434 meters. Geography Location The main towns around Guérande are Saint-Nazaire and Nantes to the East ( a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Cuddalore (1783)
The Battle of Cuddalore was a naval battle between a British fleet, under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes with Admiral L.J. Weiland, and a smaller French fleet, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the coast of India during the American Revolutionary War. This war sparked the Second Mysore War in India. In the battle, taking place near Cuddalore on 20 June 1783, Suffren commanded the engagement from the frigate '' Cléopâtre'' and won what is generally considered a victory.Palmer p.161 Peace had already been agreed upon in Europe, but that news had yet to reach India, making this the final battle of the war. On the death of French ally Hyder Ali, the British decided to retake Cuddalore. They marched troops from Madras, and began preparing for a siege. The French fleet, under Suffren, appeared at Cuddalore on 13 June. A week of fickle winds prevented either side from engaging until 20 June, when Suffren attacked. No ships were seriously damaged, but each side lost about 100 men with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Daniel D'Arrac De Vignes
Charles Daniel d'Arrac de Vignes (24 January 1742 — ) was a French Navy officer. He fought in the War of American Independence, and taking part in the French operations in the Indian Ocean under Suffren. Biography Arrac de Vignes joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine In France, under the Ancien Régime, the Gardes de la Marine (Guards of the Navy), or Gardes-Marine were young gentlemen undergoing training to be naval officers. The training program was established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1670 and lasted until Ad ... on 1 February 1756. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1773, and to Captain on 9 May 1781. He served as first officer on the 64-gun ''Saint Michel'', under Chevalier d'Aymar, when she came to reinforce the French squadron under Suffren in the Indian Ocean. Suffren promoted him to the command of the 64-gun ''Artésien''. He took part in the Battle of Cuddalore, where his performance satisfied Suffren. After the war, he was amongst the captains that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Hyacinte De Cavelier De Cuverville
Louis-Hyacinte de Cavelier, chevalier de Cuverville (Château de Cuverville, near Le Havre, 1740 — Quintin, 1819) was a French Navy officer. Biography Cuverville was born to an aristocratic family. He joined the Navy in 1755, was promoted to Ensign in 1761 and to Lieutenant in 1774. In 1778, he captained the frigate ''Inconstante''. Cuverville served in the Indian Ocean under Rear-Admiral Suffren. He was captain of the 56-gun ''Flamand'' at the Battle of Sadras on 17 February 1782. Suffren ordered the 64-gun ''Ajax'', under René Joseph Bouvet de Précourt, and ''Flamand'', under Cuverville, to attack the British line to leeward. They both maneuvered to this effect, but then Tromelin, on ''Annibal'', countermanded the order by signaling ''Ajax'' and ''Flamand'' to return to their post in the line of battle. While ''Ajax'' obeyed the order, ''Flamand'' sailed on and Saint-Félix, of ''Brillant'', requested permission to replace ''Ajax''. At the Battle of Negap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand De Saint-Félix
Armand de Saint-Félix (20 September 1737 – 13 August 1819) was a French Navy officer and admiral. Biography Saint-Félix joined the Navy in 1755. he served on the 16-gun ''Calypso'', where he took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759. In 1762, he was promoted to Ensign. In 1771, he was appointed to command the corvette ''Heure de Berger'' and appointed to conduct an exploration voyage to seek the Phantom island of Juan de Lisboa. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1772, he brought Maurice Benyovszky to Madagascar for an attempt at founding a trading post. War of American Independence During the War of American Independence, Saint-Félix served on ''Solitaire'' and took part in the Battle of Ushant. He then transferred onto ''Protée'', and was taken prisoner when she was captured in the action of 24 February 1780. Promoted to Captain in 1781, he was appointed to the frigate ''Fine'' and sailed to Isle de France (Mauritius). He took command of the 64-gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Louis Du Chilleau De La Roche
Charles Louis du Chilleau de La Roche ( Fontenay, 26 May 1738 — Paris, 21 August 1825) was a French Navy officer. Biography On 6 April 1778, with the rank of Lieutenant, Du Chilleau de La Roche had command of the frigate 32-gun frigate ''Diligente''. He was awarded a 600-livre pension on 20 November 1778. In late February 1779, ''Diligente'' and ''Boudeuse'', under Du Chilleau de La Roche and Grenier respectively, captured the island of Saint Barthélemy by landing 90 soldiers from the garrison of Guadeloupe, and conducted the French invasion of Saint Martin on 29. After the Capture of Grenada, D'Estaing chose Du Chilleau to bring the news of his victory to Versailles, and ferry the captured governor, George Macartney, to be imprisoned at Limoges. In February 1780, Du Chilleau de La Roche was given command of a squadron comprising the 64-gun ''Protée'' and ''Ajax'' and the frigate ''Charmante'', as well as the fluyt ''Éléphant'', escorting a convoy bound for Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul-Jacques De Bruyères-Chalabre
Paul-Jacques de Bruyères-Chalabre (Castelnaudary, 25 May 1734 — Chalabre, 6 July 1821) was a French Navy officer. He notably captained the 74-gun ''Illustre'' at the Battle of Trincomalee from 25 August to 3 September 1782 and at the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783. Biography Bruyères was born to the family of Count de Bruyères Chalabre. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 11 February 1751, and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 October 1764, and to captain on 4 April 1777. With the rank of captain, Bruyères commanded the 80-gun ''Tonnant'' in the Yorktown campaign. He later captained the 74-gun ''Zélé'' and was part of the French blockade during Siege of Savannah in 1779. His role in the War of American Independence earned him a membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. He then took part in the Indian Ocean campaign under Suffren, commanding the 74-gun ''Illustre'' at the Battle of Trincomalee from 25 August to 3 September 1782, where he was wounded. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevalier D'Aymar (French Navy Officer)
Louis-Esprit d'Aymar was a French Navy officer. He fought in the Indian Ocean under Suffren during the War of American Independence, captaining the 64-gun ''Saint Michel'' at the Battle of Trincomalee from 25 August to 3 September 1782, and the 74-gun ''Annibal'' at the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783. Biography The Chevalier d'Aymar was born to the family of a treasurer from Aix-en-Provence. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 29 September 1749. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 May 1763, and to Captain on 4 April 1777. Aymar took part in the Battle of Martinique, on 17 April 1780, at the command of ''Saint-Michel''. Along with ''Vengeur'' and ''Destin'', ''Saint Michel'' directly engaged the much stronger ''Sandwich'', under Rodney, ''Cornwall'' and ''Suffolk''. Being smallest of the ship, ''Saint-Michel'' sustained especially heavy damage, and Aymar had his right arm was shot away by a cannonball. Aymar left France in November 1781 at the command of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Argonaute (1781)
The ''Argonaute'' was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. Career ''Argonaute'' served in Suffren's campaign in the Indian Ocean, taking part in the Battle of Cuddalore under Chevalier de Clavières. In 1794, she was razée A razee or razée is a sailing ship that has been cut down (''razeed'') to reduce the number of decks. The word is derived from the French ''vaisseau rasé'', meaning a razed (in the sense of shaved down) ship. Seventeenth century During the ...d and renamed to ''Flibustier'', recommissioned as a 42-gun frigate. She was decommissioned in December 1795. Citations References * * Ships of the line of the French Navy Argonaute-class ships of the line 1781 ships {{France-line-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of American Independence
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of the United States, fighting began on April 19, 1775, followed by the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776, and the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The American Patriot (American Revolution), Patriots were supported by the Kingdom of France and, to a lesser extent, the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire, in a conflict taking place in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. Established by royal charter in the 17th and 18th centuries, the American colonies were largely autonomous in domestic affairs and commercially prosperous, trading with Britain and its British West Indies, Caribbean colonies, as well as other European powers via their Caribbean entrepôts. After British vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henri Hector D'Estaing
Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d'Estaing (24 November 1729 – 28 April 1794) was a French general and admiral. He began his service as a soldier in the War of the Austrian Succession, briefly spending time as a prisoner of war of the British during the Seven Years' War. Naval exploits during the latter war prompted him to change branches of service, and he transferred to the French Navy. Following France's entry into the American War of Independence in 1778, d'Estaing led a fleet to aid the American rebels. He participated in a failed Franco-American siege of Newport, Rhode Island in 1778 and the equally unsuccessful 1779 Siege of Savannah. He did have success in the Caribbean before returning to France in 1780. His difficulties working with American counterparts are cited among the reasons these operations in North America failed. Although d'Estaing sympathized with revolutionaries during the French Revolution, he held a personal loyalty to the French royal family. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Hector (1755)
''Hector'' was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. ''Hector'' was launched in 1755 and fought in the American Revolutionary War during which she captured two ships of the British Royal Navy on 14 August 1778. In 1782, the ship was captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. Taken into service by the Royal Navy, the vessel was renamed HMS ''Hector''. On 5 September 1782. HMS ''Hector'' fought two French frigates. Severely damaged during the battle, and by a hurricane that followed later in September, ''Hector'' sank on 4 October 1782. Career French service ''Hector'' was launched on 23 July 1755, and commissioned under Captain Vilarzel d'Hélie. In 1757, the vessel departed Toulon on 18 March, arriving in Louisbourg on 15 June. Returning to Brest on 23 November with 5,000 sick aboard, she spread typhus to the town; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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