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
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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
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Promoted to Lieutenant de vaisseau (in May 1763), he took part in the bombardment of
Larache
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and
Salé
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on ''Licorne'' in 1765. In 1767, he captained the corvette ''Vigilant'' in the Indian Ocean and was tasked with importing spice plants from
Moluques in 1769. He was promoted to Frigate captain in 1770 and introduced to the King.
In February 1772, Trémigon was promoted to captain, and given command of the 64-gun
''Alexandre'', in the squadron under
Orvilliers. In the night of 23 to 24, ''Alexandre'' got separated from the fleet, and thus failed to take part in the
Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778. Trémigon was admonished after the subsequent inquiry. The year after, he took part in the
Armada of 1779.
In 1780, he was appointed to the brand-new 110-gun
''Invincible''. In March 1781, he transferred to
''Annibal'', part of a division under
Suffren, bound for the Indian Ocean. He was killed en route during the
Battle of Porto Praya
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Both squadrons w ...
on 16 April 1781.
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French Navy officers