Armand Joseph Bruat (

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, 26 May 1796 – '' Montebello'', off Toulon, 19 November 1855) was a

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Biography

Bruat joined the French Navy in 1811, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. His early career included far-ranging sea duties: in 1815, he served in Brazil and the West Indies. From 1817 to 1820 he was with French forces in the Levant. Then, until 1824, he was stationed first in Senegal and then the Pacific. As a Lieutenant, Bruat took part in the 1827

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as maneuver officer on ''Breslaw''. In 1830, he received command of the

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''Silène'' and cruised off Algiers, taking a number of prizes. As ''Silène'' followed the ''Aventure'' commanded by Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794-1846), she was wrecked and the crew was captured during the shipwreck of Dellys, 110 men being massacred. While captive, Bruat managed to transmit observations on the state of the defences of Algier to admiral Duperré. After the Invasion of Algiers, Bruat was promoted to captain and awarded commanded the '' Iéna'', off Portugal. He then served on ''Triton'', before supervising naval constructions in Toulon from 1841. In 1843, he was made the Governor of the Marquesas Islands. During this time, he was also France's agent at the court of Queen Pomare of Tahiti, where he was able to convince her to acknowledge a French protectorate over her realm. PereLachaise amiral Bruat

In 1849, Bruat became Governor-General of the Antilles and in 1852 was promoted to vice admiral. In 1854, during the Crimean War, he was named Commander of the French Fleet in the Black Sea. He died at sea from

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, near Toulon, on his flagship, the '' Montebello'', on 19 November 1855.

Honours

* Grand officer of the Legion of HonourMinistry of Culture
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