François Pierre Huon de Kermadec (circa 1726 –
Brest, 15 May 1787) was a
French Navy
The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces i ...
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
Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec (12 September 1748 – 6 May 1793) was a French Navy officer. He took part in voyages of exploration in the Pacific Ocean under Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, looking for the lost expedition of Jean-François de La Pérouse. ...
.
On 24 April 1781, Kermadec departed Brest, captaining the
74-gun
The "seventy-four" was a type of two- decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns. It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently de ...
''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 on 21 May 1784, absolved most of the officers.
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18th-century French military personnel
French Navy officers
1720s births
1787 deaths
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