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François Pierre Huon De Kermadec
François Pierre Huon de Kermadec (circa 1726 – Brest, 15 May 1787) was a French Navy officer. Career Kermadec was born to the family of Vincent Huon de Kermadec, also a Navy officer. He was the uncle of Jean-Marie Huon de Kermadec and Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec. On 24 April 1781, Kermadec departed Brest, captaining the 74-gun ''Bien-Aimé'' in the squadron of Admiral Lamotte-Picquet, along with the 110-gun ''Invincible'', the 74-gun ''Actif'', and the 64-gun ships ''Alexandre'', ''Hardi'' and ''Lion'', and the frigates ''Sibylle'' and ''Néréide'' and cutters ''Chasseur'' and ''Levrette''. In 1782, Kermadec was part of a large inquiry into French commanders after the Battle of the Saintes The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. The Brit .... The verdict, rendered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port, port city in the Finistère department, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 139,456 inhabitants (2020), Brest forms Lower Brittany, Western Brittany's largest functional area (France), metropolitan area (with a population of 370,000 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 25th most populous city in France (2019); moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''Prefectures in France, préfecture'' (administrative seat) of the department is in the much smaller town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Actif (1767)
''Actif'' was 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Career ''Actif'' was built partly with timber recycled from , a 64-gun The 64-gun ship of the line was a type of two-decker warship defined during the 18th century, named after the number of their guns. 64-guns had a lower battery of 24-pounders and an upper battery of 12-pounders. Heavier variants with 18-pounders o ... ship. She took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778 under Estienne d'Orves. The year after, she was in the Channel as part of Orvilliers's squadron, but she suffered an epidemic that disabled 222 of her crew, and was forced to return to Brest. In 1780, she was under La Cardonnie, and cruised off Cadiz and Saint-Vincent. She captured the British ''Hercule'', Wright, master, off Saint-Vincent. On 14 and 15 April 1781, as she was cruising under Brun de Boades, ''Actif'' fought an action against the 64-gun . In February 1782, she cruised off England under Allart de Suville. Fate ''Actif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Navy Officers
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18th-century French Military Personnel
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revoluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Saintes
The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), also known as the Battle of Dominica, was an important naval battle in the Caribbean between the British and the French that took place 9–12 April 1782. The British victory was considered their greatest over the French during the American Revolutionary War. The British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse, forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned invasion of Colony of Jamaica, Jamaica. The battle is named after the Îles des Saintes, a group of small islands between Guadeloupe and Dominica in the West Indies. The French had blockaded the British Army during the American War of Independence, British Army at Chesapeake Bay the year before, during the Siege of Yorktown, and supported the eventual American victory in their revolution. This battle, however, halted their momentum and had a significant effect on Peace of Paris (1783), peace n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Néréide (1779)
''Néréide'' was a , 32-gun, copper-hulled frigate of the French Navy. On 22 December 1797 captured her and she was taken into British service as HMS ''Nereide''. The French recaptured her at the Battle of Grand Port, only to lose her again when the British took Isle de France (now Mauritius), in 1810. After the Battle of Grand Port she was in such a poor condition that she was laid up and sold for breaking up in 1816. French service On 6 June 1780, along with (74 guns), ''Néréide'' captured a British privateer, the 10-gun cutter ''Prince of Wales'' off Madeira. ''Néréide'' was part of the fleet of Lamotte-Picquet that sailed from Brest and on 2 May 1781 captured 18 ships in a convoy from Sint Eustatius. In 1782, she served in the Caribbean under Vaudreuil. From 1788, ''Néréide'' served off Africa. She then underwent a refit in Rochefort in October 1794. On 20 December 1797, she was sailing off the Isles of Scilly under the command of Lieutenant de Vaisseau Chassé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Sibylle (1777)
''Sibylle'' was a 32-gun copper-hulled, frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of Sibylle class frigate, her class. Career ''Sibylle'' took part in the Battle of Ushant (1778), Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778, under Sébastien Mahé de Kerhouan. She was part of the division under Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte that captured 18 British merchantmen in the action of 2 May 1781. In 1783, ''Sibylle'' was under Captain Théobald René de Kergariou-Locmaria. On 2 January, she fought a hotly contested, and ultimately inconclusive action of 2 January 1783 against HMS French frigate Magicienne (1778), ''Magicienne''. ''Sibylle'' effected repairs and returned to the sea, but ended up being captured by HMS Centurion (1774), HMS ''Centurion'' and Protector (1779 frigate), ''Hussar'' in the action of 22 January 1783. Fate The British broke up ''Sibylle'' in 1784. Citations References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibylle (1777) Age of Sail frigates of France Ships built in France Sibyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Lion (1752)
At least fourteen ships of the French Navy have been named ''Lion'': Ships named ''Lion'' * , a 36-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career * , a 42-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career * , a 40-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career * (1694), a fireship * , a 64-gun ship of the line, lead ship of her class * , a 74-gun ship of the line renamed ''Marat'' before launch * (1794), a corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloo ... * , a 74-gun ship of the line, bore the name during her career * , a ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line launched in 1804 and scuttled and burnt in 1809 * (1885), an * (1916), an armed trawler, ex-Brazilian ''Ernestina'' * , an armed boat * , a launched in 1929 and scuttled in 1942. * , a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Hardi (1750)
''Hardi'' was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Career Built from 1748, ''Hardi'' was activated during the Seven Years' War, departing Rochefort in March 1757 with ''Jacinthe'', bound for Martinique where she arrived on 13 May 1757. Incorporated into Admiral du Chaffault's squadron, she took part in the Siege of Louisbourg and in the action of 27 October 1758 off Ushant. In 1778, ''Hardi'' was reactivated for the American Revolutionary War; she departed Toulon on 16 July, under Le Roy de La Grange, to rejoin the squadron under Louis de Fabry. On 20 June 1780, she departed Toulon to join with the squadron under Rear-Admiral de Beausset and take part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar. The next year, on 24 April 1781, she departed Brest with the squadron under La Motte-Picquet and took part in the action of 2 May 1782, in which the French captured 18 British merchantmen bound for St. Eustatius, worth around 5 million pounds. In early 1782, ''Hardi'' transfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Alexandre (1771)
A number of French ships of the French Navy have borne the name ''Alexandre'' in honour of Alexander the Great: Ships named ''Alexandre'' * , an 64-gun ship of the lineRoche, vol. 1, p. 33. * , a brig, formerly the British privateer ''Alexander'' * , a 74-gun ship of the line, was laid down as ''Alexandre'' before being renamed. * ''Alexandre'' (1794), formerly HMS ''Alexander'', built in 1778 and captured in the action of 6 November 1794 The action of 6 November 1794 (Known in French as the ''Combat du 16 Brumaire an III'') was a naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. Two British ships of the line, HMS ''Alexander'' and HMS ''Canada'' were intercepted while ... * , a 80-gun ship of the line, was renamed ''Alexandre'' on 5 February 1803. * , a 90-gun ship of the line, was started as ''Alexandre'' in 1827Roche, vol. 1, p. 154. * , a * , a 90-gun ''Suffren''-class ship of the lineRoche, vol. 1, p. 34. Notes and references Notes References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Invincible (1780)
''Invincible'' was a first-rate ship of the line of the French Navy, French Royal Navy. Built on plans by Francois Guillaume Clairin Deslauriers at Rochefort as part of the French naval mobilisation for the American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, she was a sister-ship of French ship Royal Louis (1780), ''Royal Louis''. She was built within 13 month and completed in May 1780. American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence In 1781, stationed in the Antilles, she picked a British convoy. In 1782 she was ordered to Gibraltar, in Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, Lamotte-Picquet's squadron. (Comte de la Motte was her captain April 1781–April 1783). She took part in the Battle of Cape Spartel, where she attacked the rear of the British squadron. She was refitted several time (1781, 1784 and 1795) until her career came to an end in 1807 when she was disarmed and finally broken up in 1808 at Brest. Her replacement was the Commerce de Marseille of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
