Georges Cabanier

Ranks in the French Navy, Admiral Georges Cabanier (21 November 1906 – 26 October 1976) was a French French Navy, Naval Officer and Admiral, in addition to Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour.

Military career

Entered into the École Navale in 1925, he navigated on several naval warships () in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, before opting for List of submarines of France, submarine service.

In 1928, he served successively on both the ''Du Couëdic'' and ''Duperré'' Avisos, then on the military transport ''Seine''.

In 1930, he partook to campaigns in Antilles, Bermudes, Acores and Terre-neuve on board aviso ''Aldebaran''.
After one year at the torpedo officer and electricians school, Georges Cabanier opted for a career as a submariner in the French Navy, submarine service (). In 1932, he embarked on board 1500 tons-class submarine (1931), 1500 ton-class List of submarines of France, submarine ''L'Achéron'', then on List of submarines of France, submarine ''Le Saphir''.
Ranks in the French Navy, Lieutenant de vaisseau in 1934, he served on List of submarines of France, submarine ''List of submarines of France, Orion'', in 1936, on List of submarines of France, submarine cruiser ''French submarine Surcouf, Surcouf'',List of submarines of France, Surcouf, Robert Surcouf (1773-1827) on which he partook to an endurance cruise in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic.

In 1938, he served, then was designated as commandant of the mine laying ''List of submarines of France, Rubis''.

Since June 1940, he opted to serve the camp of Free France with the quasi-totality of his crew. His ''Rubis'' Free French Naval Forces, FNFL pavilion pursued patrols in the Northern seas and conducted several mine laying missions in the larger oceanic area of Norway.

First under the orders of Ranks in the French Navy, capitaine de corvette Cabanier then Lieutenant de vaisseau Rousselot, the ''List of submarines of France, Rubis'' was one of the most effective List of submarines of France, submarines of the French Navy during the second world war.

Capitaine de corvette in January 1941, he joined the Pacific Ocean, Pacific (December 1941), where he was designated chef d'état-major of admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu.

Ranks in the French Navy, Capitaine de frigate (1943), he commanded the auxiliary croiseur ''Armed merchantman, Cap des Palmes'' (1944), which operated in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific with the 3rd Structure of the United States Navy, Fleet of the United States Navy.

Ranks in the French Navy, Capitaine de vaisseau in October 1945, he represented France at the United Nations Conference on International Organization of San Francisco (April 1945), and two months later, assumed the command of the École Navale, French Naval School (June 1945) and in 1947 the school-cruiser French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930), Jeanne d'Arc.

He served as the Military attaché, Naval attaché to the U.S. in July 1949, and received his Ranks in the French Navy, contre-amiral stars in January 1951.

In January 1953, the contre-amiral Cabanier was designated as secretary general adjoint of the Défense nationale ().

In March 1954, he was the head of the French Navy, naval contingent in Indochina. Upon his return to France in February 1956, he was designated as the chef de l'État-major of the particular naval state secretary ().

Ranks in the French Navy, Vice-amiral in November 1956, he assumed a couple of days later the command of Anti-Submarine Action Group ().
In 1957, Admiral Cabanier intervened so that the List of submarines of France, Rubis (along with corvette ''Aconit'', the only two Compagnon de la Libération naval warships of the French Navy), would not get disposed of. Accordingly, a sonar target use was assigned which resulted in drowning the boat indefinitely in the Mediterranean Sea.
In June 1958, he was assigned as chef d'État-major de la Défense nationale () of the cabinet of général de Gaulle.

Vice-admiral of a naval squadron in November 1958, then Admiral on 1 July 1960, he was designated as Chief of Staff of the French Navy CEMM and held tenure in this post until 1 January 1968.

From 15 February 1969 until 14 February 1975, he was designated as the Legion of Honour, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor ().

The Ashes of Ranks in the French Navy, Admiral Cabanier, Ranks in the French Navy, Vice-Admiral Rousselot and the last survivor of the crew, were dispersed of on top of ''L'Épave'' of List of submarines of France, French Submarine ''French submarine Rubis (1931), Rubis''.

Decorations

* Legion of Honour, Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur
* Compagnon de la Libération - decreed 25 May 1943
* National Order of Merit (France), Grand-croix de l'Ordre National du Mérite
* Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (3 citations)
* Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures
* Médaille de la Résistance with ''rosette''
* Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance
* Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes académiques
* Ordre du Mérite Maritime, Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite Maritime
* Médaille coloniale avec agrafe « Extrême Orient »
* Médaille commémorative des services volontaires of Free France
* Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939-1945
* Médaille commémorative de la Campagne d'Indochine
* Grand-croix de l'ordre de l'Étoile noire
* Grand officier de l'ordre du Nicham El Anouar
* Distinguished Service Order (United Kingdom, U.K)
* Commandeur du Legion of Merit (United States, U.S.)
* Croix des Vétérans (United States, U.S.)
* War Cross (Norway), Croix de guerre with ''glaive'' (Norway)
* Médaille de la Participation (Norway)
* Grand-croix de l'Ordre royal de l'Épée (Sweden)
* Order of the Dannebrog, Commandeur de l'Ordre de Dannebrog (Denmark)
* Order of Orange-Nassau, Grand-croix de l'Ordre d'Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
* Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grand-croix de l'Ordre du Mérite de la République Fédérale d'Allemagne with star and shoulder-sash (Germany)
* Grand-croix avec ruban bleu de l'ordre du Mérite naval (Spain)
* Grand-croix de l'ordre militaire d'Avis (Portugal)
* Order of Prince Henry, Grand-croix de l'Ordre de l'Infant Dom Henri (Portugal)
* Commandeur de l'ordre « Au Mérite » (Italy)
* Order of George I, Grand officier de l'Ordre de Georges Ier (Greece)
* Order of Polonia Restituta, Grand-croix de l'Ordre Polonia Restituta (Poland)
* Ordre de la République socialiste de Roumanie
* National Order of the Cedar, Grand cordon de l'Ordre National du Cèdre (Lebanon)
* Order of Ouissam Alaouite, Grand officier de l'Ordre du Ouissam alaouite (Morocco)
* Grand officier de l'ordre militaire d'Avis (Morocco)
* Order of Glory (Tunisia), Commandeur de l'Ordre du Nichan Iftikhar (Tunisia)
* Grand cordon de l'ordre de la République (Tunisia)
* Order of the Lion and the Sun, Grand-croix de l'Ordre du Lion et du Soleil (Iran)
* Grand officier de l'ordre du Léopard (Zaïre)
* Order of the Equatorial Star, Grand officier de l'Ordre de l'Étoile équatoriale (Gabon)
* Grand officier de l'ordre du Léopard (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* Grand officier de l'ordre du Mérite (Central Africa)
* Grand officier de l'ordre national du Mono (Togo)
* Grand-croix de l'ordre national (Haute-Volta)
* Commandeur de l'ordre national (Mali)
* Grand-croix de l'ordre national du Mérite (Madagascar)
* Grand-croix de l'ordre royal de Sahametrei (Cambodia)
* Grand-croix de l'ordre de Mai du Mérite Naval (Argentina)
* Ordre de l'Aigle Aztèque (Mexico)
* Grand-croix de l'ordre du Mérite Naval (Peru)
* Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic), Grand-croix de l'Ordre équestre du Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalem (Holy See, Vatican City, Vatican)
* Chevalier de Grâce magistrale de l'ordre souverain de Malte
* Grand-croix du Mérite militaire de l'ordre de Malte with sword

See also

*List of submarines of France
*List of French paratrooper units
*1500 tons-class submarine (1931), 1500 tons-class submarines
*Jean-Marie Querville

References

Sources

* « Georges Cabanier (1907-1976)- Le premier "pacha" du Rubis »

Bibliographies

*Jean-Louis Maurette, L'épopée des sous-marins Narval et Rubis : Une histoire héroïque de la France Libre, Éditions du Grand Blockhaus, 2014 .
*Georges Cabanier, Croisières périlleuses, Paris, Éditions Presses de la Cité, 1969.
*Jean-Christophe Notin, 1061 compagnons : Histoire des Compagnons de la Libération, Éditions Perrin, 2000, 822 p. .
*Vladimir Trouplin, Dictionnaire des Compagnons de la Libération, Elytis, 2010, 1230 p. .

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Chiefs of staff of the French Navy
1906 births
1976 deaths
Grand chancellors of the Legion of Honour
Naval attachés for France