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Jacques Bergeret
Jacques Bergeret (Bayonne, 15 May 1771 - Paris, 26 August 1857) was a French naval officer and admiral. Biography Bergeret was born in Bayonne on 15 May 1771, and joined the merchant navy at the age of 12, when he sailed to Pondicherry aboard the merchantman ''Bayonnaise''. Two years later, he volunteered for the French Royal Navy on the corvette ''Auguste'', bound for an exploration campaign in the Red Sea. In 1786, Bergeret returned to the merchant navy, and quickly rose to the rank of second lieutenant. Prior to 1792, he sailed mostly to Mauritius. At the French Revolution, Bergeret joined the Navy as an Ensign (rank), ensign, in April 1793. He served in convoy escorts aboard the frigate ''Andromaque'' and later aboard the corvette French corvette Unité (1794), ''Unité'', notably fighting French frigate Alceste (1780), HMS ''Alceste''. Promoted to lieutenant, Bergeret was put in command of the frigate French frigate Virginie (1794), ''Virginie'', and served in Villaret-Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Bergeret
Jacques Bergeret (Bayonne, 15 May 1771 - Paris, 26 August 1857) was a French naval officer and admiral. Biography Bergeret was born in Bayonne on 15 May 1771, and joined the merchant navy at the age of 12, when he sailed to Pondicherry aboard the merchantman ''Bayonnaise''. Two years later, he volunteered for the French Royal Navy on the corvette ''Auguste'', bound for an exploration campaign in the Red Sea. In 1786, Bergeret returned to the merchant navy, and quickly rose to the rank of second lieutenant. Prior to 1792, he sailed mostly to Mauritius. At the French Revolution, Bergeret joined the Navy as an Ensign (rank), ensign, in April 1793. He served in convoy escorts aboard the frigate ''Andromaque'' and later aboard the corvette French corvette Unité (1794), ''Unité'', notably fighting French frigate Alceste (1780), HMS ''Alceste''. Promoted to lieutenant, Bergeret was put in command of the frigate French frigate Virginie (1794), ''Virginie'', and served in Villaret-Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Révolutionnaire (1794)
''Révolutionnaire'' (or ''Revolutionaire''), was a 40-gun of the French Navy, launched in May 1794. The British captured her in October 1794 and she went on to serve with the Royal Navy until she was broken up in 1822. During this service ''Revolutionnaire'' took part in numerous actions, including three for which the Admiralty would in 1847 award clasps to the Naval General Service Medal, and captured several privateers and merchant vessels. French service On 21 October 1794 the 38-gun frigate captured ''Révolutionnaire''. ''Artois'' was part of a four-frigate squadron that encountered ''Revolutionnaire'' at daybreak about eight to ten leagues west of Ushant. She had been out of Le Havre eight days on her first cruise and was sailing to Brest. ''Artois'' outpaced the rest of the squadron and engaged ''Revolutionnaire'', which surrendered after 40 minutes as the rest of the British squadron approached. The British had three men killed and five wounded. The French lost eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez (7 August 1763 – 17 May 1845) was a French sailor, Navy officer, and admiral of the First French Empire. Willaumez joined the French Navy at the age of 14, and proved a competent sailor. Having risen to the rank of pilot, he started studying navigation, attracting the attention of his superiors up to Louis XVI himself. He became an officer and served under Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux in his expedition to rescue Lapérouse and explore the Indian Ocean and Oceania (including Tasmania, also known as Van Diemen's Land). At the French Revolution, Willaumez rose in rank and served in Saint-Domingue, where he led a brilliant defence of the frigate ''Poursuivante'' against the 74-gun HMS ''Hercule'' in the action of 28 June 1803. He fought the Haitian Revolution, commanding the station of Saint-Domingue. During the Empire, in 1806, Willaumez commanded a squadron in the Atlantic campaign of 1806. He sailed to the Cape of Good Hope, Brazil and the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Ville De Varsovie (1808)
The ''Ville de Varsovie'' was a ''Bucentaure''-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Chaumont from original plans by Sané. The ship was laid down at Arsenal de Rochefort in Rochefort, France, as ''Tonnant'' on 22 March 1805. In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte established the Duchy of Warsaw and made a considerable effort to mobilize Polish national sentiment on France's behalf, and accordingly ''Tonnant'' was renamed ''Ville de Varsovie'' ("City of Warsaw") while still under construction. She was launched on 10 May 1808. Commissioned on 18 June 1808 under Captain Mahé, he became part of the Rochefort squadron. In April 1809, ''Ville de Varsovie'' was part of the French Atlantic Fleet blockaded in Basque Roads at the mouth of the Charente on the Biscay coast of France by a Royal Navy squadron. On the afternoon of 12 April, during the Battle of Basque Roads, ''Ville de Varsovie'' was aground on rocks at low tide in Basque Roads near Charenton when Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS St Fiorenzo (1794)
''Minerve'' was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She operated in the Mediterranean during the French Revolutionary Wars. Her crew scuttled her at Saint-Florent to avoid capture when the British invaded Corsica in 1794, but the British managed to raise her and recommissioned her in the Royal Navy as the 38-gun fifth rate HMS ''St Fiorenzo'' (also ''San Fiorenzo''). She went on to serve under a number of the most distinguished naval commanders of her age, in theatres ranging from the English Channel to the East Indies. During this time she was active against enemy privateers, and on several occasions she engaged ships larger than herself, being rewarded with victory on each occasion. She captured the 40-gun and the 22-gun in 1797, the 36-gun in 1805, and the 40-gun in 1808. (These actions would earn the crew members involved clasps to the Naval General Service Medal.) After she became too old for frigate duties, the Admiralty had her converted for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen
Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen (, 13 April 1769 – 9 September 1832) was a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars, as Governor General of Pondicherry and the Isle de France (now Mauritius) and as commander of the Army of Catalonia during the Napoleonic Wars. French Revolution Decaen, born in Caen, served as a gunner in the French Navy before the French Revolution. In 1792 Decaen enlisted in the ''Calvados'' battalion. He served under Kléber in the siege of Mainz. Promoted to adjudant-general, Decaen served in the uprising of the Vendée. He fought under the generals Canclaux, Dubayet, Moreau and Kléber. Promoted to general of brigade, Decaen was captured in the attack on Frantzenthal. After having given his parole he was exchanged. In 1796 he served under Moreau in the operations near the Rhine and he distinguished himself in the passage of the river and the siege of Kehl, for which he was awarded a sword of honor by the French Directory. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Psyché (1804)
''Psyché'' was a 36-gun vessel built between February 1798 and 1799 at Basse-Indre (Nantes) as a privateer. As a privateer she had an inconclusive but bloody encounter with of the Royal Navy, commanded by Commander Henry Lambert, off the Indian coast in April 1804. The French then brought her into service in June 1804 as the Sailing frigate, frigate ''Psyché''. In February 1805 she encountered , under the command of the same Henry Lambert, now an acting captain. After a sanguinary engagement of over three hours, ''Psyché'' surrendered. The British took her into service as HMS ''Psyche''. In British service she captured several prizes and took part in the capture of Mauritius and in an operation in Java. She was broken up at Ferrol, Galicia, Ferrol in 1812. Naval service ''Psyché'' was capable of sailing 13 knots in favourable conditions. ''Psyché'' was recommissioned in the Navy in January 1801. From February to May 1801 she cruised under Lieutenant Pierre-François L'Évei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace Of Amiens
The Treaty of Amiens (french: la paix d'Amiens, ) temporarily ended hostilities between France and the United Kingdom at the end of the War of the Second Coalition. It marked the end of the French Revolutionary Wars; after a short peace it set the stage for the Napoleonic Wars. Britain gave up most of its recent conquests; France was to evacuate Naples and Egypt. Britain retained Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Trinidad. It was signed in the city of Amiens on 25 March 1802 (4 Germinal X in the French Revolutionary calendar) by Joseph Bonaparte and Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace". The consequent peace lasted only one year (18 May 1803) and was the only period of general peace in Europe between 1793 and 1814. Under the treaty, Britain recognised the French Republic. Together with the Treaty of Lunéville (1801), the Treaty of Amiens marked the end of the Second Coalition, which had waged war against Revolutionary France since 1798. National goals Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Foudroyant (1800)
The ''Foudroyant'' ("Lightning") was a 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was started in Rochefort from 1793, and renamed to ''Dix-huit fructidor'' in 1798 in honour of the Coup of 18 fructidor an V, as she was still on keel. She was eventually launched as ''Foudroyant''. She took part in cruises in the Caribbean under Villaret de Joyeuse. On 15 September 1806, while under jury rig some off Havana, she encountered , under Captain Charles Lydiard. ''Anson'', mistakenly believing ''Foudroyant'' distressed, attacked, and was driven off. She took part in the Battle of the Basque Roads The Battle of the Basque Roads, also known as the Battle of Aix Roads (French: ''Bataille de l'île d'Aix'', also ''Affaire des brûlots'', rarely ''Bataille de la rade des Basques''), was a major naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought in th .... She was eventually broken up in 1834. References External links Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Foudroyant1809 - Four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Cassard (1795)
''Cassard'' was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed ''Dix-août'' in 1798, in honour of the events of 10 August 1792, and subsequently ''Brave'' in 1803. Career On 10 February 1801 ''Dix-août'' captured the 16-gun cutter , which she scuttled. On 27 March 1801, as ''Dix-août'' sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with '' Formidable'' and had to return to harbour. On 26 September 1805 '' Indivisible'' and ''Dix-Août'' succeeded in shooting away ''Swiftsure''s yards and masts, crippling her and so capturing her. ''Swiftsure'' had two men killed, two men mortally wounded, and another six wounded; the French lost 33 killed and wounded. See main article Action of 24 June 1801. On 4 February 1803, her name was changed to ''Brave''. She was captured by on 6 February 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Smith (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith (21 June 176426 May 1840) was a British naval and intelligence officer. Serving in the American and French revolutionary wars and Napoleonic Wars, he rose to the rank of Admiral. Smith was known for his offending character and penchant for acting on his own initiative, which caused a great deal of friction with many of his superiors and colleagues. His personal intelligence and enterprise led to his involvement in a variety of tasks which involved diplomacy and espionage. He became a hero in Britain for leading the successful defence of Acre in 1799, thwarting Napoleon's plans of further conquest in the Sinai. Napoleon Bonaparte, reminiscing later in his life, said of him: "That man made me miss my destiny". Early life and career Sidney Smith, as he always called himself, was born into a military and naval family with connections to the Pitt family. He was born at Westminster, the second son of Captain John Smith of the Guards and his wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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