Dominique Roquebert (

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine ...

1744-

Battle of Tamatave The Battle of Tamatave (sometimes called the Battle of Madagascar or the Action of 20 May 1811) was fought off Tamatave in Madagascar between British and French frigate squadrons during the Napoleonic Wars. The action was the final engagemen ...

1811) was a French navy officer.This book shows (P461) Dominique Roquebert 1774 - 1811
/ref> Trained at the École d’Hydrographie de Bayonne,
/ref> Roquebert rose to the rank of captain in the French Navy. In December 1809, he led

Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean, was an unsuccessful operation by a French naval squadron to transport supplies to Guadeloupe in December 1809 at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. Over the previous year, British Royal Navy squadrons had ...

to Guadeloupe. In 1811, Roquebert fought at the

, the last engagement of the

Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 The Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 was a series of amphibious operations and naval actions fought to determine possession of the French Indian Ocean territories of Isle de France and Île Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign ...

. He was killed on his flagship, ''Renommée'', while covering the retreat of his squadron.

Honours

A dock of Bayonne was named Quai du Commandant Roquebert in his honour.

Sources and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roquebert, Francois French Navy officers 1744 births 1811 deaths French naval commanders of the Napoleonic Wars French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars 1800s in Guadeloupe 1810s in Mauritius 18th-century French military personnel 19th-century French military personnel