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Paul De Cardaillac De Lomné
Paul de Cardaillac de Lomné ( Casties-la-Brande, 9 October 1739 — ''Artésien'', 16 April 1781) was a French Navy officer. Biography In May 1778, Cardaillac served with Charles Picot de Dampierre during the War of American Independence. With the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ( nl, Vierde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog; 1780–1784) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic. The war, contemporary with the War of American Independence (1775-1783), broke out over ..., France and the Dutch Republic found themselves allied against the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Dutch expected the British to send an expeditionary force to try and capture their Dutch Cape Colony, and Suffren was given command of a 5-ship squadron to reinforce it. The task force comprised the 74-gun ''Héros'' (under Suffren) and ''Annibal'' (under Trémignon), and the 64-gun ''Artésien'' (under Cardaillac), ''Sphinx'' (under Du Chille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Sphinx (1776)
''Sphinx'' was a two-deck 64 gun ship of the French Navy. She was built at Brest to plans by Ollivier Fils. and launched in 1776.. She took the name of a recently retired 64-gun ship with the same dimensions. She fought in the American War of Independence, most notably in Suffren's campaign in the Indian Ocean. Features She was built according to norms laid down by French shipbuilders in the 1730s and 1740s which had aimed at a good combination of low cost and high manoeuvrability and armament, in the face of a numerically-superior British Royal Navy.. The first 64-gun ship of her type was launched in 1735, followed by dozens of others until the end of the 1770s, a decade in which they were definitively outclassed by 74-gun ships. As with all French warships of this era, she had an oak hull, pine masts and hemp ropes and sails. She not only carried fewer guns than a 74-gun ship, her 64 iron guns were of lower caliber: *Twenty-six 24-pounder guns on one gun deck *Twenty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1739 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean. * January 3: A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China killing 50,000 people. * February 24 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. * March 20 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi, India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor. April–June * April 7 – English highwayman Dick Turpin is executed by hanging for horse theft. * May 12 – John Wesley lays the foundation stone of the New Room, Bristol in England, the world's first Methodist meeting house. * June 13 – (June 2 Old Style); The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm, Sweden. July–September * July 9 – The first group purporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Navy Officers
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Battle Of Porto Praya
The Battle of Porto Praya was a naval battle that took place during the American Revolutionary War on 16 April 1781 between a British squadron under Commodore George Johnstone and a French squadron under the Bailli de Suffren. Both squadrons were en route to the Cape of Good Hope, the British to take it from the Dutch, the French aiming to help defend it and French possessions in the Indian Ocean. The British convoy and its escorting squadron had anchored at Porto Praya (now Praia) in the Portuguese Cape Verde Islands to take on water, when the French squadron arrived and attacked them at anchor. Due to the unexpected nature of the encounter, neither fleet was prepared to do battle, and in the inconclusive battle the French fleet sustained more damage than the British, though no ships were lost. Johnstone tried to pursue the French, but was forced to call it off in order to repair the damage his ships had taken. The French gained a strategic victory, because Suffren beat John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway (February 27, 1735 – c. 1800) served as a major general in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became involved with the alleged Conway Cabal with Horatio Gates. He later served with Émigré forces during the French Revolutionary War. Early life Conway was born in County Kerry, Ireland to James Conway and his wife Julieanne Conway. Though born to a Catholic family, it is unclear how closely he adhered to the faith. As a child, he immigrated to France with his parents. At 14, he enrolled in the Irish Brigade of the French Army and rose rapidly to colonel by 1772. Arrival in America Following the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War he volunteered to the Congress for service with the American rebels in 1777. Based on an introduction from Silas Deane, the Congress appointed him a brigadier general on May 13, and sent him on to George Washington. Conway commanded the leading brigade on the American right flank at the Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
107th Infantry Regiment (France)
The 107th Infantry Regiment (''107e régiment d'infanterie''; shortened to ''107e RI'' or "107th RI") was a French Army infantry regiment that dates back to 1469, where it was originally created as the Francs Archers Angoumois. In 1755, the Augoumois battalion was stationed in Louisiana on a harbor defense mission. The regiment was later stationed—similarly—on a mission in 1772 led by the Pondicherry regiment in India. The 107th was one of many regiments created under the Ancient Regime to serve on board naval ships and in the colonies, and subsequently, all such regiments were—in 1791—given a number in the line-infantry order of battle. This means that the 107th could be considered as "ancestors" of the naval infantry regiments. They are: * "''La Marine''" from "''"Compagnies ordinaires de la mer"''" (lit. "ordinary companies of the sea"), created in 1622 and became 11th Infantry Regiment * "''Royal-Vaisseaux''" which dates from 1638 and became the 43rd Infantry Regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Fortune (1780)
HMS ''Fortune'' was a British 14-gun sloop launched in 1778 that the French captured in April 1780. She then served with the French navy under the same name. British service Commander Charles Powell Hamilton commissioned ''Fortune'' in June 1778 for the Channel. Invasion of Jersey: In late April 1779 a small French squadron carrying troops sailed from Saint-Malo to land at St Ouen's Bay on Jersey. They arrived off shore on 1 May. The British moved guns and troops and guns to oppose the landing. The French armed vessels were unable to get close enough to shore to provide supporting fire so the troop transports did not attempt to land their troops. The French sailed away. The French sailed from Saint-Malo on 13 May and immediately encountered a British naval relief squadron, that included ''Fortune'', that belatedly come up. The British succeeded in chasing the French into Cancale Bay, where the British captured the French frigate ''Danae'', and a brig and cutter. They also set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Vengeur (1765)
The ''Vengeur'' was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy designed by Antoine Groignard. She saw action with Bailli de Suffren during the American War of Independence. Career ''Vengeur'' was originally built as an East Indiaman for the French East India Company, by Antoine Groignard. Her plans, however, followed military specification, as she was supposed to be able to integrate a naval squadron if necessary. She cruised as a merchantman from 1757 to 1765, when she was sold to the Navy. After a refit in Brest, she was brought into service under Captain Christy de La Pallière. In October 1778, along with the frigate ''Belle Poule'', she captured the privateer ''St Peters''. She took part in the Battle of Rhode Island on 29 August 1778, the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779, and the Siege of Savannah in September and October 1779, under Captain Croiset de Retz. She then took part in the Battle of Martinique on 18 December 1779 under Fournoue, when she, along with ' ... [...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] |
Achille De Trémigon
Barthélemy Evrard Achille de Trémigon ( Saint-Méloir, 18 March 1732— Bataille de Porto Praya, 16 April 1781) was a French Navy officer. Biography Born to a family of sailors, was brother to Charles Jean César de Trémigon. Trémigon started sailing with the French East India Company in 1751 and made five journey to the Indian Ocean. He served as a lieutenant on ''Bien-Aimé'' (1757) in d'Aché's squadron, and later on ''Zodiaque'', taking part in two battles in 1759, where he was gravely wounded. D'Aché gave Trémigon command of ''Pénélope'' for missions in the Indian Ocean. In July 1761, he was promoted to capitaine de brûlot and made two cruises in the Caribbean (1761-1763) on ''Protée'' and ''Zodiaque''. In 1763, he was wounded in the fire at the stores in Brest. Promoted to Lieutenant de vaisseau (in May 1763), he took part in the bombardment of Larache and Salé on ''Licorne'' in 1765. In 1767, he captained the corvette ''Vigilant'' in the Indian Ocean an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Artésien
''Artésien'' ('Artesian') was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Artois. Career ''Artésien'' was built in 1765 as a part of a series of twelve ships of the line began by Choiseul to compensate for the losses endured by the French Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War. She was paid by the province of Artois and Flanders, and named in its honour, according to the practice of the time. During the American Revolutionary War, ''Artésien'' took part in the Battle of St. Lucia on 15 December 1778, in the Battle of Martinique on 17 April 1780, in the Siege of Savannah, under Captain Thomassin de Peynier. In 1781, ''Artésien'' was attached to a division under Suffren, departing France for the Dutch Cape Colony and Isle de France (Mauritius). Off Cape Verde, ''Artésien'' detected an English squadron, resulting in the Battle of Porto Praya. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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