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Joseph Jacques François De Martelly Chautard
Joseph Jacques François de Martelly Chautard (Toulon, 1734 — Ollioules 1810) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence. Biography Martelly-Chautard was born to the family of Victoire de Villeneuve des Arcs and of Louis-Antoine de Martelly de Chautard, an official of Toulon. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 6 July 1750. In 1755, he was promoted to Ensign. In 1756, he was made an artillery sub-lieutenant, and rose to lieutenant in 1760. He was promoted to Lieutenant de Vaisseau on 1 October 1764. In 1767, he commanded a company training gunners. In 1770, he was given command of the bomb ship ''Etna''. He took part in a raid against Tunis, where he earned the Order of Saint Louis, awarded to him in 1771. In 1773, he captained ''Éclair''. In 1774, Chautard married Albertine Thierry de Ville d'Avray. In 1777, he was given command of the light frigate ''Pléïade'' for a mission to Algiers. On 4 April 1777, Martelly-Chautard was prom ... [...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] |
