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Claude-Jean Martin
Claude-Jean Martin (14 March 1752 in Toulon – 6 June 1827 in Toulon) was a French Navy officer Biography Born to a family of sailors, Martin joined the French Royal Navy in 1767. he served in the Mediterranean against Barbary pirates. He later served as a pilot aboard the French ship Fantasque (1758), ''Fantasque'', taking part in the campaigns of Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing, Admiral d'Estaing in the American War of Independence. He later received command of a coastguard sloop, and received an honour sword after fighting a British privateer on 6 October 1780. Promoted to lieutenant in January 1792, Martin served on French frigate Junon (1778), ''Junon'' before taking command of the corvette ''Rossignol'' in 1796. In June, he was promoted to commander, and successively captained the frigates ''Fauvette'' and French frigate Sérieuse (1779), ''Sérieuse''. On ''Sérieuse'', Martin took part in the Battle of the Nile, where he stood against the much stronger HMS Orion (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is the prefecture of the Var department. The Commune of Toulon has a population of 176,198 people (2018), making it France's 13th-largest city. It is the centre of an urban unit with 580,281 inhabitants (2018), the ninth largest in France. Toulon is the third-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille and Nice. Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment. The military port of Toulon is the major naval centre on France's Mediterranean coast, home of the French aircraft carrier ''Charles de Gaulle'' and her battle group. The French Mediterranean Fleet is based in Toulon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Fantasque (1758)
The ''Fantasque'' was a ''Lion''-class 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She is famous for being captained by the French commander Pierre-André de Suffren during the American Revolutionary War. Career ''Fantasque'' was launched in May 1758 at Toulon. She was commissioned under Captain de Catillon in May 1759. ''Fantasque'' was a member of Admiral Jean-François de La Clue-Sabrans fleet as it sailed from Toulon on 5 August 1759. Admiral La Clue and his captains were given orders only to be opened having passed through the Strait of Gibraltar. Once through the Strait, Admiral Edward Boscawen, ordered the British Mediterranean Fleet to sail in pursuit. ''Fantasque'' was the lead ship of the weaker column of La Clues fleet and her captain chose to lead the column to the safety of the port at Cadiz, avoiding the closing British and the subsequent engagement, the Battle of Lagos. In 1760 and 1761, she cruised in the Eastern Mediterranean in a squadron under Rochemor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hector, Comte 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] |
American War Of 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 Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The American 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 Caribbean colonies, as well as other European powers via their Caribbean entrepôts. After British victory over the French in the Seven Years' War in 1763, tensions between the motherland and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Junon (1778)
The ''Junon'' was a 32-gun ''Charmante'' class frigate of the French Navy Career ''Junon'' took part in the Battle of Ushant under Admiral d'Orvilliers. She captured HMS ''Fox'' on 11 September 1778. On 17 August 1779, under captain Charles de Bernard de Marigny and along with ''Gentille'', she captured HMS ''Ardent''. On 13 September, under lieutenant Kergariou Locmaria, she captured . In October 1780, ''Junon'' sailed from Martinique to St. Vincent towing a schooner to deliver hospital supplies to the island, which had recently come under French control. ''Junon'' anchored beneath the cliffs in Kingstown Harbour and, due to a broken barometer, had no warning when the island was struck by a hurricane. The massive storm, known as the Great Hurricane of 1780, battered the frigate against the cliffs and caused her to sink on 11 October 1780, although her captain managed to lead the entire crew off the ship and up the cliffs in safety. Archaeological investigations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Sérieuse (1779)
The ''Sérieuse'' was a ''Magicienne'' class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1779. Career In 1781, ''Sérieuse'' ferried soldiers after the Invasion of Minorca. She was at Toulon when the Coalition captured the city. When they left, on 18 December 1793, they attempted to burn her. However, the French managed to extinguish the fire and save the ship. On 9 June 1794, ''Sérieuse'' captured HMS ''Speedy'' off Nice. In 1798, she took part in the Expedition of Egypt, and in the Battle of the Nile The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; french: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the .... She attempted to reinforce the crew of ''Tonnant'' by sending 150 men of her own crew. The next night, 1 August 1798, HMS ''Orion'' sank ''Sérieuse''. Citations and references ;Citations ;References *Winfield, Rif & Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; french: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of August 1798. The battle was the climax of a naval campaign that had raged across the Mediterranean during the previous three months, as a large French convoy sailed from Toulon to Alexandria carrying an expeditionary force under General Napoleon Bonaparte. The British fleet was led in the battle by Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson; they decisively defeated the French under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers. Bonaparte sought to invade Egypt as the first step in a campaign against British India, as part of a greater effort to drive Britain out of the French Revolutionary Wars. As Bonaparte's fleet crossed the Mediterranean, it was pursued by a British force under Nelson who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Orion (1787)
HMS ''Orion'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 1 June 1787 to the design of the , by William Bately. She took part in all the major actions of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars under a series of distinguished captains. In 1794 she fought at the Glorious First of June under Captain John Thomas Duckworth. ''Orion'' was at Plymouth on 20 January 1795 and so shared in the proceeds of the detention of the Dutch naval vessels, East Indiamen, and other merchant vessels that were in port on the outbreak of war between Britain and the Netherlands. Later in 1795, Captain James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez, James Saumarez was appointed in command. Under Saumarez, ''Orion'' took part in the defeat of the French fleet at the Battle of Groix off Lorient on 22 June. In October 1795 ''Orion'' recaptured the merchantman , Atterbury, master, which had been among a number o vessels that a French frigate squadron had capt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Indivisible (1799)
''Indivisible'' was a 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Career Originally named the ''Indivisible'' in 1793, she was commissioned in Toulon on 23 September 1800. On 18 March 1800, Captain Louis-Marie Le Gouardun took command, which he retained until 9 March 1801.Quintin, p.221 On 5 February 1803, she was renamed ''Alexandre'', and recommissioned in Brest under Captain Leveyer. In December, under Captain Garreau, she was part of Corentin Urbain Leissègues's squadron bound for San Domingo. She took part in the subsequent Battle of San Domingo, where she was badly damaged by the fire of , which left her adrift, her rigging shot off and her rudder destroyed. She was taken by . From 1808, the Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ... used her a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Swiftsure (1787)
HMS ''Swiftsure'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She spent most of her career serving with the British, except for a brief period when she was captured by the French during the Napoleonic Wars in the action of 24 June 1801. She fought in several of the most famous engagements of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting for the British at the Battle of the Nile, and the French at the Battle of Trafalgar. Construction and commissioning ''Swiftsure'' was ordered from the yards of John & William Wells, Deptford on 19 June 1782, as an ''Elizabeth'' class ship of the line. She was laid down in May 1784 and launched on 4 April 1787. She was initially commissioned on 22 May 1787 at Deptford, and recommissioned at Woolwich on 21 August 1787. She had cost £31,241.3.5 to build, with a further £10,643 spent on fitting her out. She was coppered at Woolwich for a further £1,635. British career She was commissioned for service under h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Incorruptible (1795)
''Incorruptible'' was a 40-gun of the French Navy. On 15 July 1796, under captain Bescond, she fought against the 56-gun . In 1800, she was involved in the battle of Dunkirk. In January 1805, she was sent to observe British movements off Toulon, along with . On 4 February, they attacked a convoy, destroying 7 ships. Three days later, they encountered the convoy escorted by the 20-gun sloop and the 8-gun bomb vessel ; the frigates destroyed two Royal Navy vessels, and captured and burnt and two other merchant vessels of the convoy. In May 1807, ''Incorruptible'', ''Annibal'', , and the corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ... ''Victorieuse'' engaged off Cabrera in the Mediterranean. References * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Incorruptible Age of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Navy Officers
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