François Michel Marie Ignace Caron (b. 6 August 1937) is a French Navy officer and historian.
Biography
Caron was born to the family of a Navy captain, and joined the
École navale
École or Ecole may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* Éco ...
in 1957.
He captained several submarines before becoming first officer on the missile destroyer
''Duquesne'', and later captain of the
T 53-class destroyer ''La Galissonnière''.
He retired with the rank of
contre-amiral
Counter admiral is a military rank used for high-ranking officers in several navies around the world, though the rank is not used in the English-speaking world, where its equivalent rank is rear admiral. The term derives from the French . Dependi ...
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1937 births
Living people
French Navy officers