ABSTRACT

He entered the navy in 1799; 1804, enseigne de vaisseau; 1809, lieutenant de vaisseau; 1812, capitaine de frégate; 1834, capitaine de vaisseau; 1838, contre-amiral; 1839, viceamiral; 1854, amiral.

After returning from Nicolas BAUDIN’S expedition, he commanded a gunboat in GANTEAUME’S squadron, and then served in the Indian Ocean in the Piémontaise, 40, and Sémillante, 36, in which he lost an arm during an action in 1808 with the British Terpsichore, 32. He continued to serve, commanding the Renard, 16, in which he fought a brisk action with the British brig Swallow, 18. (It is interesting to read CLOWES’S account of this action, which differs significantly from French versions.) As captain of the Dryade, he fought the last action of the Imperial navy off Toulon in February 1814.