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French Brig Entreprenant (1808)
''Entreprenant'' was the third of a sequence of vessels under the same name and with the same captain in the period 1807–1810. She served in the East Indies until the British captured her in 1810 and then had her broken up as unfit for further service. Career ''Lieutenant de vaisseau'' Pierre Bouvet had a "brig gourable" constructed at Isle de France (Mauritius), Île de France in 1808. This vessel received the name ''Entreprenant'', and was commissioned under Bouvet's command. (Immediately prior, he had commanded the and the naval felucca Margaret (1804 ship), ''Entreprenant''.) ''Entrerprenant'' was fitted out in March–May 1808 and provisioned with supplies for a six-month cruise. Bouvet sailed ''Entreprenant'' on 4 October 1808 with despatches for Ormuz. She then cruised off the Malabar coast, taking 19 prizes, with Bouvet having to suppress a mutiny. He returned to Île de France on 16 March 1809. In May 1809, Bouvet was sent to Manila to investigate the fate of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil And Naval Ensign Of France
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Civil may refer to: *Civic virtue, or civility *Civil action, or lawsuit * Civil affairs *Civil and political rights *Civil disobedience *Civil engineering *Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism *Civilian, someone not a member of armed forces *Civil law (other), multiple meanings *Civil liberties *Civil religion *Civil service *Civil society *Civil war *Civil (surname) Civil is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Civil (1929–1989), British horn player *François Civil (born 1989), French actor * Gabrielle Civil, American performance artist *Karen Civil (born 1984), American social media an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corregidor Island
Corregidor ( tl, Pulo ng Corregidor, ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of the Province of Cavite. Due to this location, Corregidor has historically been fortified with coastal artillery batteries to defend the entrance of Manila Bay and Manila itself from attacks by enemy warships. Located inland, Manila is the nation's largest city and has been the most important seaport in the Philippines for centuries, from the colonial rule of Spain, Japan, and the United States, up through the establishment of the Third Philippine Republic in 1946. Corregidor ( Fort Mills) is the largest of the islands that formed the harbor defenses of Manila Bay, together with El Fraile Island (Fort Drum), Caballo Island ( Fort Hughes), and Carabao Island ( Fort Frank), which were all fortified during the American colonial period. The island was also the site of a small military airfield, as part of the def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of Isle De France
The Invasion of Isle de France was a complicated but successful British amphibious operation in the Indian Ocean, launched in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. During the operation, a substantial military force was landed by the Royal Navy at Grand Baie, on the French colony of Isle de France (now Mauritius). Marching inland against weak French opposition, the British force was able to overwhelm the defenders in a series of minor engagements, culminating in the capture of the island's capital Port Napoleon and the surrender of Charles Decaen, the French governor. The surrender eliminated the last French territory in the Indian Ocean and among the military equipment captured were five French Navy frigates and 209 heavy cannon. Isle de France was retained by Britain at the end of the war under the name of Mauritius and remained part of the British Empire until 1968. Background The operation was the culmination of two years of conflict over the island and the neighbouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lambert
Captain Henry Lambert RN (died 4 January 1813) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. During his career, Lambert served in numerous ships and several military actions with success, participating in the capture of Île Bonaparte in the Indian Ocean as second in command under Josias Rowley. Lambert is best known however for being captain of the frigate HMS ''Java'' on 29 December 1812 when she was captured in the Mid-Atlantic by USS ''Constitution'' during the War of 1812. Lambert was mortally wounded in the battle and died seven days later in Salvador, Brazil. Career Lambert was the son of naval Captain Robert Lambert and entered the navy at an early age aboard HMS ''Cumberland'' in 1795. Serving in the Mediterranean, ''Cumberland'' was heavily engaged at the Battle of Hyères where the French ship of the line ''Alcide'' was blown up. For the next six years, Lambert served in the Mediterranean on boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy-Victor Duperré
Guy-Victor Duperré (20 February 1775 – 2 November 1846) was a French naval officer and Admiral of France. He is known for commanding French naval forces in the Mauritius campaign of 1809–11 and was victorious in the Battle of Grand Port, where he was wounded. Later he had a command in the Mediterranean and continued to serve during and after the Bourbon Restoration. He commanded the naval elements of the expeditionary force that carried out the Invasion of Algiers in 1830 and went on to become Minister of the Navy three times. Early years and education Duperré was born on20 February 1775 in La RochelleB. Barbiche, ''Les institutions de la monarchie française à l'époque moderne'', Presses universitaires de France, 1999. to Jean Augustin Duperré, counselor of the king and financer for war, and Marie-Gabrielle Prat-Desprez. He spent a few years with the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri at the Collège de Juilly, before enlisting at 16 on the ''Henri IV'', a French Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Astrée (1809)
''Astrée'' was a 44-gun of the French Navy, launched at Cherbourg in 1809. In December of the next year she captured HMS ''Africaine''. The Royal Navy captured ''Astrée'' in 1810 and took her into service under her French name, rating her as a 38-gun frigate, but then in 1811 recommissioned her as HMS ''Pomone''. She served during the War of 1812 and was broken up in 1816. French service ''Astrée'' took part in the campaign in the Indian Ocean under Commander René Lemarant de Kerdaniel, serving with Hamelin's squadron. She also was present in the final stages of the Battle of Grand Port. A few days later, on 30 August, ''Astrée'' recaptured the 1-gun schooner-aviso ''Mouche No.23'', which HMS ''Nereide'' had captured 2 June. ''Astrée'' came to be part of a squadron under Pierre Bouvet, who had assumed command of the French squadron at Grand Port after Duperré was wounded, and had been promoted to ''capitaine de frégate''. The squadron also comprised as a fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Manche (1806)
''Manche'' was a 40-gun of the French Navy, originally named ''Département de la Manche'', but the name was immediately shortened to ''Manche'' around the time of her launch in April 1806. She took part in operations in the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 under Captain François-Désiré Breton. Action during Mauritius campaign of 1809-1811 Under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, ''Manche'' captured the 16-gun gun brig , Lieutenant William Fitzwilliam Owen commanding, on 28 September 1808 near Bengkulu.Fonds marine. On 26 April 1809, ''Manche'' departed Port-Napoléon in a squadron under Captain Hamelin, along with and . The squadron managed to re-take Foulpointe in Madagascar, captured three prizes at the action of 18 November 1809, and raided the British settlement at Tarapouly, in Sumatra. In 1810, she took part in the Battle of Grand Port, contributing to the capture of and the fort held by the British on Île de France. Fate ''Manche'' was captured during the inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Vénus (1806)
The ''Vénus'' was a of the French Navy. She was captured in 1810 by the Royal Navy, and taken into British service as HMS ''Nereide''. She was broken up in 1816. French service On 10 November 1808, she departed Cherbourg, bound for Île de France, where she served as Rear-Adm Hamelin's flagship, leading a squadron also comprising the frigate ''Manche'' and the sloop '' Créole''. On the 29 and 30 December 1808, she captured and destroyed the East Indiamen ''Hiran'' and ''Albion''. On 4 November 1809, she captured the East Indiaman ''Lady Bentick'' and the American merchantman ''Samson''. She was central in the action of 18 November 1809, where the squadron captured three armed East Indiamen, including ''Windham''. From 20 to 26 August 1810, ''Vénus '' took a minor part in the Battle of Grand Port The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Hamelin
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related to the surname by the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Origins The origin of this surname ultimately originates from the Latin, Jacobus which belongs to an unknown progenitor. Jacobus comes from the Hebrew name, Yaakov, which translates as "one who follows" or "to follow after". Ancient history A French knight returning from the Crusades in the Holy Lands probably adopted the surname from "Saint Jacques" (or "James the Greater"). James the Greater was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles, and is believed to be the first martyred apostle. Being endowed with this surname was an honor at the time and it is likely that the Church allowed it because of acts during the Crusades. Indeed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Grand Port
The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Mauritius) during the Napoleonic Wars. The British squadron of four frigates sought to blockade the port to prevent its use by the French through the capture of the fortified Île de la Passe at its entrance. This position was seized by a British landing party on 13 August and, when a French squadron under Captain Guy-Victor Duperré approached the bay nine days later, the British commander, Captain Samuel Pym, decided to lure them into coastal waters where his forces could ambush them. Four of the five French ships managed to break past the British blockade, taking shelter in the protected anchorage, which was only accessible through a series of complicated routes between reefs and sandbanks that were impassable without an experienced har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decaen Piastre
The Decaen piastre was a coin that Governor Decaen had minted at Île of France in 1810. He entrusted the coining to the artist "sieur Aveline", who designed the coins and whose name appears on them.Spink & Son (January 1901) ''The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative & War Medals, Books & Cabinets'', Vol. 9, №4415. The coins are of 10 livres and dated 1810; they were referred to as Piastres Decaen. The silver for the coining came from 200 to 230,000 dollars that the Portuguese ship ''Ovidor Pereira'' was carrying from Macao when ''Lieutenant de vaisseau'' Pierre Bouvet of captured her in the Straits of Malacca The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 500 mi (800 km) long and from 40 to 155 mi (65–250 km) wide, between the Malay Peninsula ( Peninsular Malaysia) to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, co ... on 20 October 1809. References Currencies of Mauritius Silver coins {{Coin-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen
Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen (, 13 April 1769 – 9 September 1832) was a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars, as Governor General of Pondicherry and the Isle de France (now Mauritius) and as commander of the Army of Catalonia during the Napoleonic Wars. French Revolution Decaen, born in Caen, served as a gunner in the French Navy before the French Revolution. In 1792 Decaen enlisted in the ''Calvados'' battalion. He served under Kléber in the siege of Mainz. Promoted to adjudant-general, Decaen served in the uprising of the Vendée. He fought under the generals Canclaux, Dubayet, Moreau and Kléber. Promoted to general of brigade, Decaen was captured in the attack on Frantzenthal. After having given his parole he was exchanged. In 1796 he served under Moreau in the operations near the Rhine and he distinguished himself in the passage of the river and the siege of Kehl, for which he was awarded a sword of honor by the French Directory. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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