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Pierre-Claude Haudeneau De Breugnon
Pierre-Claude Haudeneau de Breugnon (Brest, 3 August 1717 — Paris, 6 September 1792) was a French Navy officer. Biography Breugnon was born to the family of Marie Pauline Oriot de Coatamour and of Chef d'escadre Charles-Joseph Haudeneau de Breugnon. Breugnon joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine in 1733. In 1746, he captained the 12-gun corvette ''Palme'', on which he fought a British privateer off Calais. That same year, he was given command of the 22-gun frigate ''Dursley Galley'', which he sailed between Brest and Port-Louis, Isle de France. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1751. In 1756, he commanded the 32-gun frigate ''Sirène'', in the squadron under Beaussier de l'Isle, bound for Louisbourg and Quebec. In 1758, he commanded the 64-gun ''Bizarre'' at Quebec and Port-Louis. He was promoted to Captain in 1757. In 1761, he commanded the 74-gun ''Diadème'', making voyages between Saint-Domingue and Brest. The year after, he captained ''Protée''. In 1765, he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of the peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 142,722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest forms Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area (with a population of 300,300 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 19th most populous city in France; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''préfecture'' (regional capital) of the department is the much smaller Quimper. During the Middle Ages, the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour in 1631. Brest grew around its arsenal unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
