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Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth7.8.1793 - La Fessardière , Turquant , Maine-et-LoireCSORN
First Known Service5.1804CSORN
WifeCamille Aimée M de Cambefort - Married 1849ref:631
Last Known Service8.1858CSORN
Date of Death18.3.1864 - Paris CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
5.1804 Mousseref:631
5.1804 "Mousse" aboard a ship commanded by his uncle Aristide , the "Flèche" , flotilla of Boulogne .ref:631
1808 Noviceref:631
12.1811 Aspirant de Première Classeref:631
10.181326.3.1814
La Sultane (44) 1813-1814
French 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Capitaine de Frégate, and Commanding Officer
TRN5
18.1.1814 Action of 1814-01-18 
23.1.1814 Action of 1814-01-23 
26.3.181427.3.1814Action of 1814-03-26 
2.1815 Enseigne de Vaisseauref:631
18161818Ccampaigns in Newfoundland .ref:631
9.1819 Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631
1821 
Le Colosse (74) 1813-1813
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant de Vaisseau
ref:631
18221823Commands the "Torche" in the Mediterranean .ref:631
18231826Commands the "Inconstant" at the Station of Spain then of Brazil .ref:631
8.1824 Capitaine de Frégateref:631
18261827Appointed Membre du Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine at Parisref:631
1827 
Provence (74) 1815-1881
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1815 Renamed "Hercule"
1815 Renamed "Provence"
1830 Renamed "Alger"
, Capitaine de Frégate, and Commanding Officer , Port Commission ?
ref:631
1828 Commanded the "Voltigeur" in the Mediterranean , then the "Griffon" , and took part in operations against Algiers .ref:631
1.1834 Capitaine de Vaisseauref:631
bef.29.12.1836aft.24.6.1839
La Vénus (58) 1823-1847
French 58 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
1846 Renamed "Utile"
, Capitaine de Vaisseau, and Commanding Officer
ref:631
7.1841 Contre-Amiralref:631
9.1841bef.12.1844Appointed Commandant de la Division Navale at Pacific Ocean

flag admiral on the "Reine-Blanche".

He will take possession of the Marquesas Islands , then will obtain from Queen Pomaré in Tahiti , the signature of the treaty of September 9, 1842 , recognizing the French Protectorate on the Society Islands .
Following incidents , the French Government fearing diplomatic incidents with England , he returned disavowed in December 1844 .

ref:631
17.11.184517.8.1846Appointed Préfet Maritime at LorientFWIKI
9.1846 Vice-Amiralref:631
8.1848 Appointed Inspecteur Général des Equipages de Ligneref:631
10.1848 Appointed Membre du Conseil d'Amirautéref:631
8.7.18492.12.1851Appointed Député de l'Assemblée Nationale Législative

de Maine-et-Loire

ref:631
11.8.1855 Appointed Membre Associé de l'Académie Royale des Sciences

in fact Free member

FWIKI
1857 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'HonneurFWIKI
8.1858 Retired from active service .ref:631

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