Barthélemy Evrard Achille de Trémigon ( Saint-Méloir, 18 March 1732—

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, 16 April 1781) was a French Navy officer.

Biography

Born to a family of sailors, he was brother to Charles Jean César de Trémigon. Trémigon started sailing with the

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in 1751 and made five journeys to the Indian Ocean. He served as a lieutenant on ''Bien-Aimé'' (1757) in d'Aché's squadron, and later on ''Zodiaque'', taking part in two battles in 1759, where he was gravely wounded. D'Aché gave Trémigon command of ''Pénélope'' for missions in the Indian Ocean. In July 1761, he was promoted to capitaine de brûlot and made two cruises in the Caribbean (1761–1763) on ''Protée'' and ''Zodiaque''. In 1763, he was wounded in the fire at the stores in Brest. Promoted to Lieutenant de vaisseau (in May 1763), he took part in the bombardment of

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and

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on ''Licorne'' in 1765. In 1767, he captained the corvette ''Vigilant'' in the Indian Ocean and was tasked with importing spice plants from Moluques in 1769. He was promoted to Frigate captain in 1770 and introduced to the King. In February 1772, Trémigon was promoted to captain, and given command of the 64-gun ''Alexandre'', in the squadron under Orvilliers. In the night of 23 to 24, ''Alexandre'' got separated from the fleet, and thus failed to take part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778. Trémigon was admonished after the subsequent inquiry. The year after, he took part in the

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. In 1780, he was appointed to the brand-new 110-gun ''Invincible''. In March 1781, he transferred to ''Annibal'', part of a division under Suffren, bound for the Indian Ocean. He was killed en route during the

on 16 April 1781.

Sources and references

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